Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

That's the thing, isn't it? About friendships. You don't know what he needs. You only know he needs 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.


I think you have to make a choice — at a certain point — of the man you want to be. And I tell you that at that time you need a parent or a friend. And if you've learnt to hate your parent by then and you have no friends . . . then you're all alone. And being alone — that's so hard.


Harry, there is never a perfect answer in this messy, emotional world. Perfection is beyond the reach of humankind, beyond the reach of magic. In every shining moment of happiness is that drop of poison: the knowledge that pain will come again. Be honest to those you love, show your pain. To suffer is as human as to breathe.