Then he heard a terrible cry that pulled at his insides, that expressed agony of a kind that neither flame nor curse could cause, and he stood up, swaying, more frightened than he had been that day, more frightened, perhaps, than he had been in his whole life.

I know what you are known as . . . but to me, you will always be Tom Riddle. It is one of the irritating things about old teachers. I am afraid that they never quite forget their charges’ youthful beginnings.

Dudley had reached roughly the size and weight of a young killer whale.

No, Harry, you listen," said Hermione. "We're coming with you. That was decided months ago - years, really.

I can't give a Professor love!

They’re evacuating the younger kids and everyone’s meeting in the Great Hall to get organized. We’re fighting.

You said to us once before," said Hermione quietly, "that there was time to turn back if we wanted to. We've had time, haven't we?