Dudley had reached roughly the size and weight of a young killer whale.

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.

Prayers only help the person doing the praying, and then, only if they strengthen and focus that person's resolve.

The only differences between a cult and a religion are the numbers of adherents and the degree to which they are marginalized by the rest of society.

But it turns out that people who are grounded and secure don't change much under stress. That's what being grounded means.

It used to be that I was always paranoid or a loser or something so there's usually something that you seem to associate yourself with at one time or another.

I am sustained by the certainty that life has meaning...as does death.

If I were a bad black comic I would name my special, Yo mama, and other stories of a lack of self awareness.

I dont hate L.A. There's a very beautiful side to it; it's scenic, and I can go horse riding.

For every thought supported by feeling, there is a muscle change. Primary muscle patterns being the biological heritage of man, man's whole body records his emotional thinking.

We should have been wiser; we should have died yesterday.

The true foundation of all culture is the knowledge and understanding of water.