What Harry found most unusual about life at Ron’s, however, wasn’t the talking mirror or the clanking ghoul: It was the fact that everybody there seemed to like him.

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.

Most of the images of reality on which we base our actions are really based on vicarious experience.

Because so many rooms are run by men they're just used to women being the "that" - to be adored and dreamed about.

I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.

A good story needs conflict, and virtual reality is a great hypothetical way to create conflict. ... In some ways, the future is going to be more boring than we think.

If at first you don't succeed, have a cup of tea.

My family are too grounded, and I will go home to visit. I always need my dose of Liverpool to keep me grounded.

Rabbits need dignity and above all the will to accept their fate.

Every day, therefore, should be regulated as if it were the one that brings up the rear, the one that rounds out and completes our lives.

There were a lot of artists in St. Ives. In fact, since the time of Whistler, St. Ives has been noted as an artist colony.