Snape's patronus was a doe,' said Harry, 'the same as my mother's because he loved her for nearly all of his life, from when they were children.

When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love.

I loved you at your worst, and you were always at your worst. Nothing could stop me. Not even you.

The priest's lesson: beware the Nightlord, for his pleasure is a mortal's doom. My grandmother's lesson: beware love, especially with the wrong man.

After all this time?"
"Always...

Let no one who loves be called altogether unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow.