You'd better hurry up, they'll be waiting for 'the Chosen Captain' — 'The Boy Who Scored'— whatever they call you these days.

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 identified a basic mistake my parents had made about life: They thought that it would be very wrong if anybody ever laughed at them.

The joys of meeting pay the pangs of absence else who could bear it?

You know, God has some really weird kids, and I find it hard to be in their company most of the time.

I never thought that I would be so attracted to television, but I don't think gigs like 'Dexter' come along too often.

You have to have a balance and understand that as much as you would like to have absolute control over everything, it's just not realistic.

When you work to please others you can't succeed, but the things you do to satisfy yourself stand a chance of catching someone's interest.

Anything that propels me to create, like [my book, Straight Walk]. It kept me inspired for almost four years.

So there’s an . . . an etiquette to raking. Some seducer’s code of honor. Is this what you’re telling me?

Such a blush In the midst of brown was born, Like red poppies grown with corn.