Power was my weakness and my temptation. And Miguel Sano is very tempting. But he is not weak. He is very, very strong.

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.

Genuine faith comes forth from the iron smelter of affliction.

There's a reason my only friends are written words

When a problem threatens to engulf you, there's nothing like irrelevant detail to keep your head above water.

Weed's not as bad as everything else... 'cause weed is a background substance. You know what I mean, you can smoke some herb and still function. You ain't crisp... but you'll function.

True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to terrorist acts, and they infiltrate and alter consciousness in ways that writers used to aspire to.

Many people know how to criticize, but few know how to praise.

There are no hard times for good ideas.

To be alive is to listen quietly while other people talk. That's how you learn something.

I'm the only instrument that's got the words, so I've got to be able to get that across.

I cannot live without books: but fewer will suffice where amusement, and not use, is the only future object.