Harry Potter: The Complete Collection (1-7)

‘My daughter – pure-blooded descendant of Salazar Slytherin – hankering after a filthy, dirt-veined Muggle?’

‘You’ll stay with me?’ ‘Until the very end,’ said James.

‘Yes, yes, you were magnificent,’ said Hermione, looking amused.

Harry – the young Tom Riddle liked to collect trophies. You saw the box of stolen articles he had hidden in his room. These were taken from victims of his bullying behaviour, souvenirs, if you will, of particularly unpleasant bits of magic.

‘Dad,’ said Dudley in a loud voice, ‘Dad – I’m going with these Order people.’

Looked like he’d been Confunded …’ To Harry’s surprise, Hermione turned a very deep shade of pink at these words.

He also likes the company of the famous, the successful and the powerful. He enjoys the feeling that he influences these people.

‘I know what you are known as,’ said Dumbledore, smiling pleasantly. ‘But to me, I’m afraid, you will always be Tom Riddle. It is one of the irritating things about old teachers, I am afraid, that they never quite forget their charges’ youthful beginnings.’

‘I’d say that it’s one short step from “wizards first” to “purebloods first”, and then to “Death Eaters”,’ replied Kingsley. ‘We’re all human, aren’t we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.’