It was so good to be held. If only their relationship could be distilled into simple, wordless gestures of comfort. Why had humans ever learned to talk?

I never thought I'd hear myself say it, but safety first!

The world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters.

There will be books written about Harry. Every child in the world will know his name.

I think I'll just go down and have some pudding and wait for it all to turn up - it always does in the end.

It's going to be really emotional to say goodbye. I'm going to find it very difficult. But it must be done, it must be done.

The best of us must sometimes eat our words.