"James, try to listen, will you," he said. "I know it is hard to be told no, but do try to listen to what I'm actually saying and not what you think I'm saying."
"I know that you are good at your job, I know that you can do it, and when you're fully trained you will be a magnificent Auror. But you are not fully trained yet, you are not ready for this. I was not ready. I should never have been forced into that situation but I was and I could do nothing about it."
"Your job, at this time, is to learn, to train, to work on the cases where you can evolve and grow as an Auror. The Werewolf unit is not easy work, it's not protecting you - you saw the crime scene, you ought to know what you're facing. Voldemort is an entirely different story, most fully trained Aurors are inadequate when it comes to him. I will not send any trainee out there to face him when I know the most likely outcome is that you won't survive."