The best way to get children excited about reading is to read to them from the beginning of their lives.

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.

PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters.

It is not true that Congress spends money like a drunken sailor. Drunken sailors spend their own money. Congress spends our money.

But why is it that in music, anything more than 5 years old - apart from a few hits - is never played on radio to the young public?

Unfortunatley, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains my self.

Atheist is really ʺa thoroughly honest, unambiguous term,ʺ it admits of no paltering and of no evasion, and the need of the world, now as ever, is for clear - cut issues and unambiguous speech.

Poetry -- even bad poetry -- may be our final hope.

Observations always involve theory.

A beginning idea for a book might be: a boy emerges from a hole in the ground. He enters a house. The book will take place in the first ten minutes following his arrival.

I trip over my legs all the time. I'll wave to somebody, look up, and end up eating pavement.

Dance when the moon sings, and don't cry about troubles that haven't yet come. (Moon Called)