For her, their romantic interlude atop the staircase had been a glorious, magical, enlightening introduction to pleasure. For him, it had merely been Friday evening.

The chandelier's teardrop crystals twinkled above them like stars. It was easy to imagine that they were miles away from London, and that only the two of them existed.

Indulge me this once, Meg. Her name was a whisper on his lips. Soft. Seductive. Meanwhile his eyes gleamed mischievously, daring her to say yes.

Take bread away from me, if you wish, take air away, butdo not take from me your laughter.

The presence of hundreds of books had finally convinced Hermione that what they were doing was right.

So March: Book One was the first book I ever wrote. And it was the most terrifying process I've ever been through.

Discipline isn't about showing a dog who's boss; it's about taking responsibility for a living creature you have brought into your world.

Can you imagine what you could do, if you did all that you can?

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.

A man can learn a lot if he listens, and if I didn't learn anything else I was learning how much I didn't know.

You have [Donald] Trump and [Ted] Cruz battling it out, and the moderate establishment candidates like Chris Christie or Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, John Kasich - they have formed a circular firing squad.

What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.

For me, acting was a way of releasing all of this stuff that I had inside - and a way for me to tell the stories of the people I knew, so that their spirit could live through me.