It seemed impossible that there could be people in the world who still desired food, who laughed, who neither knew nor cared that Sirius Black was gone forever.

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.

You'll get into dreadful trouble and it won't be my fault. You are bad people.

Love is the highest moral standard.

Only two things are infinite the universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the former.

The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.

The adornment of the body is a human need.

To be first-rate at anything you have to stake your all. Nobody's an artist 'on the side'.

Artistic ambition is important. And it seems it would be a great time to do some theatre, like a new extreme.

Unless you plan to out-rebound and out-shoot everyone you play, then you better learn to handle the ball.

What will they say about my poetry who never touched my blood?

We must define quality as conformance to specifications if we are to manage it.