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

“Understanding was coming so fast, it seemed to bypass thought.”

“I was a fool!" Percy roared, so loudly that Lupin nearly dropped his photograph…”

“Ron gave a tiny jerk of the head that Harry understood to mean, Well - if you m…”

“Someone's dead," said Malfoy, and his voice seemed to go up an octave as he sai…”