I've been writing my entire life, and I'll always write.

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.

When a dreamer loses his lover, his dream profits. (Unless, of course, the lover was the dreamer's dream.)

Hearts know nothing of time-not age or length of acquaintance. They know only what they need.

I think it's the idea that beauty could be power, and that with power comes immortality, and with power comes control, and all of these other things are blocking her heart.

. . . a dirty exterior is a great enemy to beauty of all descriptions.

Only the series of colors on the canvas with all their power and vibrancy could, in combination with each other, render the chromatic feeling of that landscape.

Intercession means raising ourselves up to the point of getting the mind of Christ regarding the person for whom we are praying.

One of the tests that I frequently use in an interaction is I push on the idea and what I'm looking for is both flexibility & persistence.

Oh no, honey, I can’t read little things like letters. I read big things like men.

The possibility seems to be that what we call styles, or what we call motifs, are actually categories in the unconscious.