I—I didn't think—" "That," said Professor McGonagall, "is obvious.

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.

Let's not become too busy to keep in touch with those who really matter most and need us. Life's short but let's make an indelible purposeful and powerful impact with it

Which death is preferably to every other? 'The unexpected'.

Tory plans to cut 'further and faster' would wreck recovery and roll back Labour's many successes.

We learn by observation, imitation and repetition.

Everything is so dreamy when you are young. After you grow up it kind of becomes -- just real.

Domination has its own aesthetics, and democratic domination has its democratic aesthetics.

I've read the Book of Revelation a million times. It does not make sense, obviously. It needs to be decoded.

The bad guys, when they start getting picked off, they're upset that their friends died, too. But that's the thing. That's what life is. It's that weird gray area.

Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.

Reserve may be pride fortified in ice; dignity is worth reposing on truth.