His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.

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.

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

My Head of House said I lacked certain necessary qualities...like the ability to behave myself.

Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.

You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.

You can't give a Dementor the old one-two!

One more lesson like that and I might just do a Weasley.

October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every morning and icy drafts that bit at exposed hands and faces.

Time is Galleons, little brother.

You're the one who is weak. You will never know love or friendship. And I feel sorry for you.

O God — please give him back! I shall keep asking You.

A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines

Sometimes photographers mistake emotion for what makes a great street photograph.

Competence is the creed of the technocrat who makes sure the gears mesh but doesn't for a second understand the magic of the machine.

Don't just work for the money; that will bring only limited satisfaction

If a man knew how to live he would never die.

I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest.

When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.

I didn't know I had a sense of limitation until I got into the greater world.

Nothing has to be true forever. Just for long enough, to tell you the truth.