You think it's so great to die and make everyone cry and carry on. Well it ain't.

Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits.

You never know ahead of time what something's really going to be like.

Everybody gets scared sometimes, May Belle. You don't have to be ashamed.

It's crazy isn't it?" She shook her head. "You have to believe it, but you hate it. I don't have to believe it, and I think it's beautiful." She shook her head again. "It's crazy.

History judged causes' greatness proportionally by how many individuals, themselves powerless to affect any outcomes of consequence, suffered and died in their service.

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is a spiritual experience of living every moment with love, grace and gratitude.

Ill gotten power, money knowledge and qualifications will vanish faster than realized

Oh you is a bad elf, Dobby!

I don't mean to be funny.

The science that studies the supreme good for man is politics.

I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.

Casting the locals is my primary concern because all the other things you assume will be manageable.

I can't seem to keep my heart from leaking out of the cracks, like sand clutched in a fist.

Was there any fate more bitter than to get what you long for most, when it's too late?