Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have.

The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive.

The presence of hundreds of books had finally convinced Hermione that what they were doing was right.

How thick can you get?

Death obsesses me, yes it does. I can't really understand why it doesn't obsess everyone - I think it does really, I'm just a little more out about it.

She picked up the book and then walked back past him into the tent, but as she did so, she brushed the top of his head lightly with her hand. He closed his eyes at her touch, and hated himself for wishing that what she said was true: that Dumbledore had really cared.

Trust me," he said. "I know what I'm doing... or at least" -- he strolled confidently to the door -- "Felix does.