Always the innocent are the first victims, so it has been for ages past, so it is now.

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.

The coolest guys aren't afraid to be feminists.

Judging others shackles them to the cold iron of our limited notions.

You have to jump into the pool before you know whether there's water in it.

That is the good stuff that comes into our life and it's based on the good stuff that goes out of our life!

Sometimes you get from the mouth of kids wonderful things.

I'd rather be insane with you than sane without you. - Jake to Lydia

People find it hard to be both comic and serious, though life manages it easily enough.

It is doubling now every two years. Doubling every two years means multiplying by 1,000 in 20 years. At that rate we'll meet 100 percent of our energy needs in 20 years.

Recall that people like to do what most people think it is right to do; recall too that people like to do what most people actually do.

I've made a living out of music since I was 19, which is something I'm really happy about.