We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.

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.

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.

Can I have a look at Uranus too, Lavender?

If I had amnesia, I know I would fall in love with you all over again.

Don't complain because it is very difficult to be successful but rather be happy because there are many opportunities to be a success.

There are no fools so troublesome as those who have some wit.

It does get strange when you realize people will hang around for hours to get a glimpse of you doing scenes outside.

The new discovery of a 3.3 billion barrel oil deposit off Norway's coast cements that nation's claim to being Europe's second largest oil producer.

Sometimes we don't notice that someone is being brave, because they are only doing something that seems quite easy for us.

I think the best all-round baseball player ever was Joe DiMaggio.

A poet is seldom hard up for advice. The worst part of it all is that sometimes the advice is coming from other poets, and they ought to know better.

It's so difficult to feel comfortable in the body you have. You always want to look a different way, taller or thinner, whatever it may be. I still struggle with it. I think everybody does.

With regard to ground of this nature, be before the enemy in occupying the raised and sunny spots, and carefully guard your line of supplies. Then you will be able to fight with advantage.