"Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

"I'm hoping to do something good in the world!"
— J.K. Rowling

"Ginny!" said Mr. Weasley, flabbergasted. "Haven't I taught you anything? What have I always told you? Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps it's brain?"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

"We do not speak his name! The wand chooses the wizard, Mr. Potter. It's not always clear why. But I think it is clear that we can expect great things from you. After all, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did great things. Terrible! Yes. But great."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

"Twilight fell: The sky turned to a light, dusky purple littered with tiny silver stars."
— J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

"He could tell at once that they carried different sorts of bubble bath mixed with the water though it wasn't bubble bath as Harry had ever experienced. One tap gushed pink and blue bubbles the size of footballs; another poured ice-white foam so thick that Harry thought it would have supported his weight if he'd cared to test it; a third sent heavily perfumed purple clouds hovering over the surface of the water. Harry amused himself for a while turning the taps on and off, particularly enjoying the effect of one whose jet bounced off the surface of the water in large arcs."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

"The Forbidden Forest looked as though it had been enchanted, each tree smattered with silver, and Hagrid's cabin looked like an iced cake."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)

"A gigantic tortoise with a jewel-encrusted shell was glittering near the window."
— J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)

"The sky outside the window was changing rapidly from deep, velvety blue to cold, steely gray and then, slowly, to pink shot with gold."
— J.K. Rowling

"As strong as we are united. As weak as we are divided."
— J.K. Rowling

"What she did have were Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, Chocolate Frogs, Pumpkin Pasties, Cauldron Cakes, Licorice Wands, and a number of other strange things Harry had never seen in his life."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

"Smoke from the engine drifted over the heads of the chattering crowd, while cats of every color wound here and there between their legs."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

"Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike."
— J.K. Rowling

"Why are you worrying about YOU-KNOW-WHO, when you should be worrying about YOU-NO-POO? The constipation sensation that's gripping the nation!"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)

"Nobody's ever asked me to a party before, as a friend. Is that why you dyed your eyebrow, for the party? Should I do mine too?"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)

"You could say sorry," suggested Harry bluntly.
"What, and get attacked by another flock of canaries?" muttered Ron.
"What did you have to imitate her for?"
"She laughed at my mustache!"
"So did I, it was the stupidest thing I've ever seen."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)

"'Mistletoe,' said Luna dreamily, pointing at a large clump of white berries placed almost over Harry's head. He jumped out from under it.

'Good thinking,' said Luna seriously. 'It's often infested with nargles.'"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

"'I've never stunned anyone except in our D.A. lessons,' said Luna, sounding mildly interested. 'That was noisier than I thought it would be.'"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

"I enjoyed the meetings, too. It was like having friends."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)

"Are you insane? Of course I want to leave the Dursleys! Have you got a house? When can I move in?"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
— Albert Einstein

"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent."
— Eleanor Roosevelt

"So many books, so little time."
— Frank Zappa

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."
— Abraham Lincoln

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one."
— C.S. Lewis

"Reality continues to ruin my life."
— Bill Watterson (The Complete Calvin and Hobbes)

"The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits."
— Albert Einstein

"There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line."
— Oscar Levant

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."
— Mark Twain

"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
— Douglas Adams

"Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them."
— Lemony Snicket (Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid)

"Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly."
— Cornelia Funke (Inkheart)

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
— Marcus Tullius Cicero

"A house without books is like a room without windows."
— Horace Mann

"THE FIRST TEN LIES THEY TELL YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL

1. We are here to help you.
2. You will have time to get to your class before the bell rings.
3. The dress code will be enforced.
4. No smoking is allowed on school grounds.
5. Our football team will win the championship this year.
6. We expect more of you here.
7. Guidance counselors are always available to listen.
8. Your schedule was created with you in mind.
9. Your locker combination is private.
10. These will be the years you look back on fondly.

TEN MORE LIES THEY TELL YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL

1. You will use algebra in your adult lives.
2. Driving to school is a privilege that can be taken away.
3. Students must stay on campus during lunch.
4. The new text books will arrive any day now.
5. Colleges care more about you than your SAT scores.
6. We are enforcing the dress code.
7. We will figure out how to turn off the heat soon.
8. Our bus drivers are highly trained professionals.
9. There is nothing wrong with summer school.
10. We want to hear what you have to say."
— Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak)

"You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children."
— Madeleine L'Engle

"No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader."
— Robert Frost

"So what? All writers are lunatics!"
— Cornelia Funke (Inkspell)

"Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted."
— Jules Renard

"Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it's always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins."
— Neil Gaiman

"Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth."
— Mark Twain

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
— Maya Angelou

"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
— Marilyn Monroe

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
— Robert Frost

"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."
— Mark Twain

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."
— Oscar Wilde

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

"I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
— Mark Twain

"Calvin (to Suzy)- You know, sometimes kids get bad grades in school because the class moves too slow for them. Einstein got D's in school. Well guess what, I get F's!!!"
— Bill Watterson

"As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)