Instead (Harry) contented himself with scrawling a note to Ron: Let's do it tonight.

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.

Here is an equation worth remembering: Five dollars earned minus seven dollars spent = Unhappy Life." (Life Hacks, p.51)

You're only as old as you feel.

We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.

If you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will make you.

YOU have meddled with the primal forces of nature and YOU! WILL! ATONE!

I ignore Hallmark Holidays. And this comes from a guy who has sold a million Opus greeting cards.

If security were all that mattered, computers would never be turned on, let alone hooked into a network with literally millions of potential intruders.

No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes the scripture.

A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves... and include all men capable of bearing arms.

Love, which teacheth me that thou and I am one