Life is easier when you can write off others as monsters, demon, as horrible threats that must be hated and feared the thing is you can't do that without becoming them, just a little.

There are things you can't walk away from. Not if you want to live with yourself afterward.

Some things just aren't meant to go together. Things like oil and water. Orange juice and toothpaste.

It doesn't make you a monster to want, she said, her voice very gentle. It's what you do with it that matters.

Children are a precious gift, but they belong to no one but themselves. They are only lent us a little while.

Night wasn't so much falling as sharpening its claws.

Rule number one of the wizarding business. Never let them see you sweat. People expect us to know things. It can be a big advantage. Don’t screw it up by looking like you’re as confused as everyone else. Bad for the image.