Daddy, look — one of the gnomes actually bit me!
I like a quiet life, you know me.
Dementors caused a person to relive the worst moments of their life. What would spoiled, pampered, bullying Dudley have been forced to hear?
I've been writing my entire life, and I'll always write.
Howard and Shirley were clothed, always, in an invisible layer of decorum that they never laid aside.
When in doubt, go to the library.