So why in the name of Merlin’s saggy left —” “Don’t talk to your mother like that.

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.

Epigram: a wisecrack that has played Carnegie Hall.

The way you think either expresses or undermines faith.

Because I'm 44, I feel kind of lucky that I lived through this period where I started my career where there was no Internet at all, and now when I finish it, there will be nothing but the Internet.

If you are not having fun you are doing something wrong.

I love you, cold, unfeeling robot arm!

I desire my children to be educated south of the Mason Dixon line and always to retain right of domicile in the Confederate States.

I'm not a woman whose self-worth comes from her dress size.

Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change.

Why does everybody thing things are always contractual? I saw a shitload of questions and thought "better keep these answers short or I'll never get to all of these".

Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of present experience. It isn't more complicated than that.