Stone dead," said Howard, as though there were degrees of deadness, and the kind that Barry Fairbrother had contracted was particularly sordid.

“Life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement.”

“Hedwig didn't return until the end of the Easter holidays. Percy's letter was e…”

“Harry Potter must not go back to Hogwarts.“Harry Potter must stay where he is s…”

“He didn’t know what he was going to — but it had to be better than what he was …”