Cannot a Beast be tamed?

“The sheep, I guess demented with love, didn't object to this at all. Casimir so…”

“[Harry] had always suffered from a vague restlessness, a longing for adventure …”

“I'm also old... and my own gift for writing fantasy grows out of very literal-m…”

“It seems to me further, that it is very odd that fate should leave so careful a…”