Snape Quote of the Week #35

  "Perhaps you already know it? You are a clever man, after all, Severus. You have been a good and faithful servant, and I regret what must happen."
  "My Lord--"
  "The Elder Wand cannot serve me properly, Severus, because I am not its true master. The Elder Wand belongs to the wizard who killed its last owner. You killed Albus Dumbledore. While you live, Severus, the Elder Wand cannot be truly mine."
  "My Lord!" Snape protested, raising his wand.
  "It cannot be any other way," said Voldemort. "I must master the wand, Severus. Master the wand, and I master Potter at last."
  And Voldemort swiped the air with the Elder Wand. It did nothing to Snape, who for a spit second seemed to think he had been reprieved: But then Voldemort's intention became clear. The snake's cage was rolling through the air, and before Snape could do anything more than yell, it had encased him, head and shoulders, and Voldemort spoke in Parseltongue.
  "Kill."
~Deathly Hallows, Ch. 32 "The Elder Wand"

The beginning of this quote is always where I start crying whenever I read DH. It sets up so much suspense and just gives me a horrible, heavy feeling... And I can't possibly imagine how Snape's feeling at the moment. He knows he's about to be killed without having been able to tell Potter everything, and he realizes that he's failed Lily. At that moment, he must have thought that his whole life had been a waste...

Okay, I can't bring myself to say anything else about it. It's just too effing sad.