I was supposed to be waiting up here when you got back, only your Phoenix lot got in the way...” “Yes, they do that,” said Dumbledore.

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.

The price an artist pays for doing what he wants is that he has to do it.

Do you know a better time than the present for igniting your dreams?

The church today has reduced the Christians to a level that has made them to be too weak to make anything happen.

The only prophecy the artist can make with confidence is that he and his message will be misunderstood by a world that values all the wrong things.

I hate being told what to do! Especially by myself!

Be the solution, not the problem.

Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science.

We need to provide an education which teaches crit­ical thinking and encourages the development of mature moral values.

A prude is a person who thinks that his own rules of propriety are natural laws.

If the facts don't fit your theory, just find some new facts.