“I wish...I wish I were dead...”“And what use would that be to anyone?”

“No, nothing,' said Dumbledore, and a great sadness filled his face. 'The time is long gone when I could frighten you with a burning wardrobe and force you to make repayment for your crimes. But I wish I could, Tom... I wish I could....”

“I have no time to explain now. It is a thrilling tale, I wish to do it justice.”

“I just wish I’d asked you sooner. We could’ve had ages . . . months . . . years maybe. . . .”

“I am not forgotten, you know, no, I still receive a very great deal of fan mail.. . . Gladys Gudgeon writes weekly. . . . I just wish I knew why. . . .”He paused, looking faintly puzzled, then beamed again and returned to his signing with renewed vigor. “I suspect it is simply my good looks. . . .”

“I take my hat off to you — or I would, if I were not afraid of showering you in spiders.”

“As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.I wish you all very good lives.”