Finally, the truth. Lying with his face pressed into the dusty carpet of the office where he had once thought he was learning the secrets of victory, Harry understood at last that he was not supposed to survive.

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

The silence was unbearable to him. If the pictures could have reflected the feelings inside him, they would have been screaming in pain.

I will carry on writing, to be sure. But I don't know if I would want to publish again after Harry Potter.

I cared more about your happiness than your knowing the truth, more for your peace of mind than my plan, more for your life than the lives that might be lost if the plan failed. In other words I acted exactly as Voldemort expects we fools who love to act.

Things denied, things untold, things hidden and disguised.

The best way to get children excited about reading is to read to them from the beginning of their lives.