Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

"(portrait) Perfection is beyond the reach of humankind, beyond the reach of magic."

"(portrait) Those that we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch. Paint . . . and memory . . . and love."

"I'm not sure being fearless is going to be good for your health."

"So what would you like me to do? Magic myself popular? Conjure myself into a new house? Transfigure myself into a better student? Just cast a spell, Dad, and change me into what you want me to be, okay? It'll work better for both of us."

"I didn't choose, you know that? I didn't choose to be his son."

"I know what it is to be the spare"

"I am the new past. I am the new future. I am the answer this world has been looking for."

"It took me a long time to discover your weakness, Albus Potter. I thought it was pride, I thought it was the need to impress your father, but then I realised your weakness was the same as your father's - friendship."

"I'm being bossed around by Hermione Granger... And I'm mildly enjoying it."

"You -- the three of you -- you shone you know? You liked each other. You had fun. I envied you those friendships more than anything else"

"[When asked what he wanted to do growing up] Quidditch. But I wasn't good enough. Mainly I wanted to be happy."

"... And being alone -- that's so hard. I was alone. And it sent me to a truly dark place. For a long time. Tom Riddle was also a lonely child. You may not understand that, Harry, but I do ..."

"... It is exceptionally lonely, being Draco Malfoy. I will always be suspected. There is no escaping the past."

"[To Harry} People think they know all there is to know about you, but the best bits of you are– have always been– heroic in really quiet ways."

"[quoting Dumbledore] The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution."

"[weeping] I shouldn't have survived. It was my destiny to die - even Dumbledore thought so - and yet I lived. I beat Voldemort. All these people... all these people - my parents, Fred, the Fallen Fifty - and it's me that gets to live? How is that? All this damage, and it's my fault."

"The Boy Who Lived. How many people have to die for the Boy Who Lived?"

"My parents were dentists. I was bound to rebel at some point."

"Hello, Harry. Hello, Draco. Have you been bad boys again?"

"That feels good. Never used to enjoy that. But when you get to my age, you take what you can."

"The rumour is that he's Voldemort's son, Albus."

"[on his daughter, Rose] I have no idea where she gets her ambition from."

"Nothing scares me. Apart from Mum."

"I am probably the most chilled out of all of us and... so maybe transfiguring into him - into the Dark Lord - will do less damage to me than any of you more... intense people."

"Rubbish. Beautifully put but beautiful rubbish."

"I opened a book. Something which has - in all my years on this planet - never been a particularly dangerous activity."

"My geekness is a-quivering."

"The world changes, and we change with it. I am better off in this world. But the world is not better. And I don't want that."

"Okay. Hello. Um. Have we hugged before? Do we hug?"

"When Rose came up to me today in Potions and called me Bread Head I almost hugged her. No, there’s no almost about it, I actually tried to hug her, and then she kicked me in the shin."

"I mean, normally, being in lockdown, being in constant detention, it’d break me, but now — what’s the worst they can do? Bring back Moldy Voldy and have him torture me? Nope"

"I got his nose, his hair, and his name. Not that that's a great thing either. I mean — father-son issues, I have them. But, on the whole, I'd rather be a Malfoy than, you know, the son of the Dark Lord."

"[Imagining talking to a muggle] Hello, Mr. Stationmaster. Mr. Muggle. Question: Did you see a flying witch passing here? And by the way, what year is it"

"Tell Albus - tell Albus Severus - I'm proud he carries my name. Now go. Go."