I don't know who Maxime thinks she's kidding. If Hagrid's half-giant, she definitely is. Big bones... the only thing that's got bigger bones than her is a dinosaur.

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.

That was the beauty of Family, Dakota decided, you knew what it took to make them bleed. The magic was in choosing not too.

Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us.

You can be happy indeed if you have breathing space from pain.

I have trouble sometimes watching actors - even when they do a great job - with an accent.

A benevolent mind, and the face assumes the patterns of benevolence. An evil mind, then an evil face.

When you do something you are proud of, praise yourself for it.

The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do.

Success can eliminate as many options as failure.

It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.