We were young, thoughtless - carried away with our own cleverness

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.

Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.

Rose unearthed three crystal goblets that almost matched, and even found a tablecloth that hadn't been attacked by moths since its last public appearance.

So many people are missing their way in life because they are afraid to sign the lease on their gift.

To paraphrase Muggeridge: Everything is a parable that God is speaking to us, the art of life is to get the message.

The kinds of people we meet in our life have a huge impact on the kind of person we become.

The way to God is not vertically up. Never down. It is horizontal. Love lights up much of the path.

The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which it would have no power to exist.

You never get tired of seeing yourself on TV. It's always extra cool... always a treat.

The average person expels flatulence 15 times each day!

Most writers are trying to find what they think or feel. . . not simply working from the given, but toward the given, saying the unsayable and steadily asking, "What do I really feel about this?