“No man or woman alive, magical or not, has ever escaped some form of injury, whether physical, mental, or emotional. To hurt is as human as to breathe.”

Size is no guarantee of power.

We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.

Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you a set of criteria if you let it.

A good first impression can work wonders.

Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential.

Life is too short. I only want to do things that I enjoy, or that I think are good or worth doing.

Imagination is the foundation of all invention and innovation.

Depression is very different.

First sign of madness, talking to your own head.

Hearing voices no one else can hear isn’t a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

The internet has been a boon and a curse for teenagers.

You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.

Time is making fools of us again.

Killing is not so easy as the innocent believe.

Patience is key for getting over a breakup. That, and trailing off your interaction after the breakup.

If you are not long, I will wait for you all my life.

Patience is key for getting over a breakup. That, and trailing off your interaction after the breakup.

To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.

Letting go is not easy, but being free is wonderful.

I think that there’s a difference between getting your heart broken and getting let down.

I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.

One’s suffering disappears when one lets oneself go, when one yields – even to sadness.