Magic has universal appeal. I don't believe in magic in the way that I describe in my books, but I'd love it to be real.

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.

Art is the only answer to chaos and the void.

Skills do not qualify or disqualify any of us from our purpose.

Begin each new day with your knees bow in prayer.

It seemed incredible to me, that physical courage should be so commonplace and revered, while moral courage . . . is so rare and despised.

I believe that the soul consists of its sufferings. For the soul that cures its own sufferings dies.

Think about the way most companies currently hire. You post a job and then get blind resumes in response. This should be a social experience.

The most important thing for a writer is to be locked in a study.

So let's start at the very begining (a very good place to start...)

Foreknowledge of the future makes it possible to manipulate both enemies and supporters.

Once you understand that the false needs time and what needs time is false, you are nearer the Reality, which is timeless, ever in the NOW.