Wherever I am, if I've got a book with me, I have a place I can go and be happy.

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.

No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake....

Moral action – humble and honest – is the tribute that power must at some point pay to reason.

More friction and tensions are caused in a family by tone of voice than for any other one reason.

Don’t leave me, Em. You’re my salvation.

Buy less, choose well & do it yourself!

I'm going to tell you the story about the geese which fly 5,000 miles from Canada to France.

What a fearful object a long-neglected duty gets to be

As an actor, you can have your own backstory and prepare all the details that you need to know for your character.

Inconstancy no sin will prove If we consider that we love But the same beauty in another face, Like the same body in another place.

My last supper would be a charcuterie smorgasbord with every kind of meat, and sauces to dip them in.