Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)

by J.K. Rowling

Harry’s mood suddenly lifted. His father had not been a prefect either. All at once the party seemed much more enjoyable; he loaded up his plate, feeling unusually fond of everyone in the room.

“Just because you’ve got the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn’t mean we all have,” said Hermione nastily, picking up her quill again.

“You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts . . . but you cannot deny he’s got style . . .”

that judging from what he had just seen, his father had been every bit as arrogant as Snape had always told him.

“We both know that there are other ways of destroying a man, Tom,” Dumbledore said calmly,

Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.