Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power to that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.

We Slytherins are brave, yes, but not stupid. For instance, given the choice, we will always choose to save our own necks.

Shh! Listen! Someone’s coming! I think — I think it might be us!

The truth is always easier than a lie or an evasion - easier to deal with and easier to live with.

Warrington’s aim’s so pathetic I’d be more worried if he was aiming for the person next to me.

Hermione was screaming again: the sound went through Harry like physical pain.

When I was quite young my parents never said books were off limits.