Snape looked horrified. 'You have kept him alive so that he can die at the right moment?''Don't look shocked, Severus. How many men and women have you watched die?''Lately, only those whom I could not save', said Snape.
Longbottom, if brains were gold, you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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Longbottom, if brains were gold, you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something.
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