Urgh — essence of Millicent Bulstrode.

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.

A bear does not change its nature because it shed its fur.

There have only been two geniuses in the world — Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare.

We do not need to kill or destroy to win. We are a movement that builds and not destroys.

If you must hate a man for the many things about which you disagree, remember that you should also love him for the many things about which you agree.

In the final analysis, change sticks when it becomes the way we do things around here.

We remind ourselves that it's a hobby [The Esemblist]; nobody is setting these deadlines for us, except us.

For gin, in cruel sober truth, supplies the fuel for flaming youth.

I'm simply saying that our deepest thoughts, desires and preoccupations manifest themselves in art, whether we intend them to or not. That's what art is for; it's not cerebral, it's emotional.

And always remember the ultimate truth: life is not about money, it's about emotion.

Have you ever considered what anxious thought, what consummate knowledge of human nature, what dearly-bought experiences go into the making of an advertisement?