Well, usually when a person shakes their head," said McGonagall coldly, "they mean 'no.' So unless Miss Edgecombe is using a form of sign language as yet unknown to humans.

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.

Once you drop a mask, you can never wear it again.

If I grow a business to its capacity, I will sell it the next day.

Wait and see the steps you should or should not have taken, and you shall understand patience and impatience better!

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.

The Italians seem to have a better attitude with kids and the food is great!

Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art.

I know that I can never be alone as God is there with me.

Reading is like breathing. If you take it away, first I become antsy, then violent.

Cling, therefore, to Jesus in life and death; trust yourself to the glory of Him who alone can help you when all others fail.

After the final no there comes a yes And on that yes the future world depends.