How come the Muggles don’t hear the bus?” said Harry. “Them!” said Stan contemptuously. “Don’ listen properly, do they? Don’ look properly either. Never notice nuffink, they don’.

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.

The true Epicurean cultivates the capacity to take pleasure in simple things, while those around him chase pleasure in more things.

For a moment at least, be a smile on someone else’s face.

I want our government to encourage and protect freedom as well as our traditions of faith and family.

Who keeps the old akindle and adds new knowledge is fitted to be a teacher.

I often lose myself in the Sudoku-like challenges of making a book work.

Whoever does not visit Paris regularly will never really be elegant.

I’m like a twenty two year old kid in a new band trying to get noticed and break through, because the vast majority of people have never seen me play live.

The few have not strength to achieve great changes unaided; the many have not wisdom to be moved by truth unmixed.

For me, Amazon has stepped in and presented the future of entertainment. Obviously, the future of entertainment is going to be on the internet.

No matter how often defeated, you are born to victory.