He had fought back with every weapon in his arsenal, being alternatively obtuse, evasive and pedantic, for it was wonderful how you could obscure an emotional issue by appearing to seek precision.

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.

Two kinds of people have many friends, one with bank balance and other with boldness.

Have you ever requested an angry person to get into rage?

He never, even in the most casual conversation with friends, spoke a sentence which did not sound as if it was ready for the air.

I'm very connected to the story, the history, and the trauma people experience.

The worship of Adonis is united with that of Christ.

Christians must deplore unfair and deprecating barbs regularly aimed our way.

Liberating but hard to remember we're just bit-parts in the lives of people we know, who care very little for our secrets

I am scared of becoming a mother.

[I will] totally dismantle every intelligence agency in this country piece by piece, nail by nail, brick by brick

At no time do I come from a cynical point of view. I'm coming from a concerned point of view.