Itโs so difficult to describe [depression] to someone whoโs never been there, because itโs not sadness. I know sadness. Sadness is to cry and to feel. But itโs that cold absence of feeling โ that really hollowed-out feeling.
J. K. RowlingThe Potter books in general are a prolonged argument for tolerance, a prolonged plea for an end to bigotry. And I think it's one of the reasons that some people don't like the books, but I think that's it's a very healthy message to pass on to younger people that you should question authority and you should not assume that the establishment or the press tells you all of the truth.
J. K. RowlingSirius โ itโs me . . . itโs Peter . . . your friend . . . you wouldnโt . . .โ Black kicked out and Pettigrew recoiled. โThereโs enough filth on my robes without you touching them,โ said Black.
J. K. Rowling