Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

Power intoxicates men. It is never voluntarily surrendered. It must be taken from them.

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death.

German militarism and Nazism have devastated twice in our generation the lands of German neighbors.

Provision was also made for the distribution of Germany's foreign assets among the Allies.

The conditions which now exist in Germany make it impossible for industrial production to reach the levels which the occupying powers agreed were essential for a minimum German peacetime economy.

The American people want peace. They have long since ceased to talk of a hard or a soft peace for Germany.

What we want is a lasting peace. We will oppose soft measures which invite the breaking of the peace.

The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.

It is not in the interest of the German people or in the interest of world peace that Germany should become a pawn or a partner in a military struggle for power between the East and the West.

We have learned that peace and well-being are indivisible and that our peace and well-being cannot be purchased at the price of peace or the well-being of any other country.

The echo of a red rose
at the sunset, you decided
to check out.

Friday was an important day for Harry and Ron. They finally managed to find their way down to the Great Hall without getting lost once.

The short story ... is the most democratic of all the arts; anyone may tell a story, and if it is an absorbing one someone will listen.

I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various

Love is just an institution.

Dogs are easier to love than people; they're certainly more dependable. Once they love you, that's it. A true friend in life is a dog.

I feel like a teenager myself, so I appreciate it when the kids think you're all right.

the end of anything is a relief. In every relationship, even the most valuable, there are certain unpleasant tensions - and the ending of it snaps those taut inner wires.

[C]ourage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.

Solitude either develops the mental power, or renders men dull and vicious.