And anyway, it’s not as though I’ll never see Mum again, is it?

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.

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

My Head of House said I lacked certain necessary qualities...like the ability to behave myself.

Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.

You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.

You can't give a Dementor the old one-two!

One more lesson like that and I might just do a Weasley.

October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every morning and icy drafts that bit at exposed hands and faces.

Time is Galleons, little brother.

You're the one who is weak. You will never know love or friendship. And I feel sorry for you.

The change we want is within us and shall always be within us

The root of failure is self-pity. It leads to assumption that our needs are not being met now and probably never will be.

If you make a deal with a fool, don't be surprised when they act foolishly.

There's no such thing as an open draw. At least for me - I mean, obviously for Roger Federer, I think every draw feels open for him - but for me there's no such thing as an open draw

You are the captain of your ship that never comes in

Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.

I don't know what any of my tunes are about, they're just out there. I'm not good with words. I just say the first thing that comes into my head

You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.

It is our responsibility to learn to become emotionally intelligent. These are skills, they’re not easy, nature didn’t give them to us - we have to learn them.

I feel no care of coin,Well-doing is my wealth;My mind to me an empire is,While grace affordeth health.