She was on edge, feeling that she might snap or cry at the smallest provocation.

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.

When we are forced to endure what we cannot endure, something breaks inside our minds. That broken-mindedness is commonly called trauma.

Study hard so that you can master technology, which allows us to master nature.

You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're exactly alike.

Whatever ignominy or disgrace we have incurred, it is almost always in our power to reestablish our reputation.

If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.

Bigotry or prejudice in any form is more than a problem; it is a deep-seated evil within our society.

There is nothing wrong in using people. The success never uses people except to their advantage.

Generally my favorite remarks always come from my readers. I've had people say my books made them laugh, or cry, or that it frightened them late at night.

If you ask for an opinion, expect to receive one, and don't make fun of it.

With the superciliousness of extreme youth, I put thirty-five as the utmost limit at which a man might fall in love without making a fool of himself.