Howard and Shirley were clothed, always, in an invisible layer of decorum that they never laid aside.

I won't blast people out of my way just because they're there' said Harry. 'That's Voldemort's job.

I have some problems with conventional organized religion.

Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure.

Oh well... I'd just been thinking, if you had died, you'd have been welcome to share my toilet.

But Death was cunning.

Once, long ago, Parminder had told Barry the story of Bhai Kanhaiya, the Sikh hero who had administered to the needs of those wounded in combat, whether friend or fo. When asked why he gave aid indiscriminately, Bahai Kanhaiya had replied that the light of God shone from every soul, and that he had been unable to distinguish between them.