What's life without a little risk?-Sirius Black

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.

I am the false character that follows the name around.

People have a hard time believing that, but not having a father around, being shy, I just never participated in sports much.

All ethical people strive to choose "right" over "easy" when confronted by situations that force them to choose one or the other.

Incompetent government embraces hiring quotas, thus furthering their incompetence.

Spring time is the land awakening.

External fears cease of their own accord when once we have conquered these traitors within the camp.

I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull.

We need to develop the intuitive capacities of the brain that some geniuses have manifested over humanity's lengthy history.

Most things I worry about never happen anyway.

You know I was just taking a dump one day, and then as I sat there I realized, I really do deserve better.