Hope is a force of nature. Don't let anyone tell you different.

Laugh whenever you can. Keeps you from killing yourself when things are bad. That and vodka.

Wizards and computers get along about as well as flamethrowers and libraries.

If I was on the road to Hell, at least I was going in style.

Ack!" I said.Fearless master of the witty dialogue, that's me.

She frowned at me. "You need some rest. You look like hell. And you're obviously tired enough to have gotten the giggles."Wizards don't giggle, " I said, hardly able to speak. "This is cackling.

You're such a cynic, " Molly said."I think cynics are playful and cute.

If you make some comment even obliquely alluding to menstruation or menopause and its effect on my judgment, " Murphy interrupted, "I will break your arm in eleven places.

Harry, " she said quietly, "I know you must be angry."I burn things to ash and smash holes in buildings when I'm angry, " I said. "I'm a couple of steps past that point right now.

Tyranny anywhere is a threat to freedom everywhere.

We love the imperfect shapes in nature and in the works of art, look for an intentional error as a sign of the golden key and sincerity found in true mastery.

Power is a delicate thing. The most powerful storms on earth intensify rapidly, but dissipate just as fast if not faster.

Overcoming difficulties leads to courage, self-respect, and knowing yourself.

If he must be alone, he would make solitude his armor.

The writer's room is a really interesting place to be.

If my father could watch my son for a while, he might realize his own immortality.

Progress is not inevitable. It's up to us to create it.

The First Amendment rejects red tape, cover-up and double-speak.

What I like to believe, and what I do firmly hold to, is that in us all we do have the ability to remain honorable, no matter what has been done to us. No matter what horrors we've witnessed.