Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.

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.

You can make time to read for 10-20 minutes daily.

Remember: whatever is burrowed deep in one hungry soul is bound to be tethered to the hearts of many, many more.

Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.

Seated one day at the organ, I was weary and ill at ease, and my fingers wandered idly over the noisy keys. It seemed the harmonious echo from our discordant life.

Our founders made it extraordinarily difficult to amend the Constitution.

In connection with death, or birth, or love, modesty is only a rather puerile self-consciousness.

Fight with yourself when you paint, not with the model. A student is one who struggles with himself for order.

A man has generally the good or ill qualities which he attributes to mankind.

It’s equally as important to me to be a good friend, and a good sister, and a good daughter. I’m very close with my family and friends.