“If you have to ask, you’ll never know. If you know, you need only ask.”

“Always have a vivid imagination, for you never know when you might need it.”

“You need your Inner Eye tested, if you ask me.”

“Did you know— then?” asked Harry.“Did I know that I had just met the most dangerous Dark wizard of all time? No.”

“You can exist without your soul, you know, as long as your brain and heart are still working. But you’ll have no sense of self anymore, no memory, no . . . anything. There’s no chance at all of recovery. You’ll just — exist. As an empty shell. And your soul is gone forever . . . lost.”

“However, you will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me. You will also find that help will be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.”

“Don't put your wand there, boy! What if it ignited? Better wizards than you have lost buttocks, you know.""Who d'you know who's lost a buttock?""Never you mind...”