Writing for me is a kind of compulsion, so I don't think anyone could havemade me do it, or prevented me from doing it.

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.

Keep trying

Be an artist, see the beauty not only with your eyes but also with your heart.

We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.

It often looks like an actor's had a big break out of nowhere, but in reality, they've been working their way up, little by little, for a while.

Regardless of the name a person uses for the Infinite Force that holds us together, it is the source of our miraculous, unpredictable creativity and our dignity.

People have maybe, sometimes, said that I can, occasionally, be a teeny bit edgy and judgmental.

My advice to the unborn is, don't be born with a gambling instinct unless you have a good sense of probabilities.

You don't always have to look in the distance for what's going on over there, when you actually see what's right in front of you.

The Mother of Christ, who stands at the very center of this mystery...is given as mother to every single individual and all mankind.

The Ascension is actually the birth of the Inner You expressed as the spiritual individualism of the inner particle state.