“Killing rips the soul apart.”

“He wished he could rip out his heart, his innards, everything that was screaming inside him...”

“I was ripped from my body, I was less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost . . . but still, I was alive.”

“He yearned not to feel... He wished he could rip out his heart, his innards, everything that was screaming inside him...”

“Killed?" said Hagrid loudly, staring down at Harry. "Snape killed? What're yeh on abou', Harry?""Dumbledore," said Harry. "Snape killed... Dumbledore.”

“Killing is not so easy as the innocent believe.”

“Life, for Colin, was one long brace against pain and disappointment, and everybody apart from his wife was an enemy until proven otherwise.”