Power was my weakness and my temptation.

Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition. Your qualifications are not your life.

The Forbidden Forest looked as though it had been enchanted, each tree smattered with silver, and Hagrid's cabin looked like an iced cake.

I knew I could do it all this time,” said Harry, “Because I'd already done it... does that make sense?

I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for.

Right, you've got a crooked sort of cross..." He consulted Unfogging the Future. "That means you're going to have 'trials and suffering' — sorry about that — but there's a thing that could be the sun... hang on... that means 'great happiness'... so you're going to suffer but be very happy..." "You need your Inner Eye tested, if you ask me," said Ron, and they both had to stifle their laughs as Professor Trelawney gazed in their direction.

Choose what to believe. He wanted the truth. Why was everybody so determined that he should not get it.