Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?” "...I think the answer is that a circle has no beginning." "Well reasoned.

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.

I had a dream about you. You were wearing Sylvester Stallone's sneer as pants, but his lips were saggy on your legs, so you had to wear a mustache as a belt.

It is always better to be a bookworm rather than being a dung-beetle!

The beauty of social awareness is that a few simple adjustments to what you say can vastly improve your relationships with other people.

So-called Chinese art and culture is under control of the Party. They exist to serve the official agenda. I call it fake art and culture.

In fact, you couldn't give me anything to make me go back to being a teenager. Never. No, I hated it.

There is a monumental difference between being alive and living. You should never settle for the first.

Just because you can't see the air, doesn't mean you stop breathing. And just because you can't see God, doesn't mean you stop believing

I'm sitting on top of the world, and I've got hemorrhoids.

Forget those things that aren't worth remembering.

You [Republicans] are not going to cut taxes. You're going to raise taxes on the middle class.