Ah well... wand still in your jeans? Both buttocks still on? Okay, let’s go.

What's life without a little risk?

It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.

We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.

The world is full of wonderful things you haven't seen yet. Don't ever give up on the chance of seeing them.

There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.

Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart!

Twilight fell: The sky turned to a light, dusky purple littered with tiny silver stars.

Sometimes memory is the only gift we give ourselves and the only hope we have of finding our way home.

self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.— Walter Benjamin, "Unpacking My Library

Men sometimes seem more ready to accept women as brain surgeons than as athletes.

I mean, I would love to have the career Joan Baez is having in Europe right now, but God knows I don't begrudge her that career.

At least 35 years ago, you didn't have the internet telling you every single thing that happened in every school and college around the world.

Change is a pesky notion. For many folks, the biggest challenge in changing their eating habits isn't money, time, or education; it's reframing their connection between food and love.

I think age is just a stupid number.

Until now they have refused to do battle with us. They are just going places.

If you have something to say, then say it. Express yourself and break the rules.