Grief, it seemed, drove Voldemort out...though Dumbledore, of course, would have said that it was love.

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.

Writing is a mysterious activity.

The point is to be free, not to be crazy.

The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But I've had to learn a little bit about it. It's not rocket science: You get ratings, that's good.

In fact if I see you drinking I'll come down on you like a ton of bricks and call your mom.

I should have known the power-hungry slave drivers at River's Edge would see my five days of freedom only as a challenge to be filled.

If you were a man, your ladyship, I would cordially horsewhip you for that remark.

Willem, I suspect deep down you know exactly why you're here, exactly what you want, but you're unwilling to the wanting, let alone the having. Because both of those propositions are terrifying.

Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes.

I was pretty Irish Catholic Jersey, the middle of the line.

There's a whole kind of melancholy that you can only attain with reverb. That's an example of a technology introducing a whole new meaning.