Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.

What would come, would come...and you would have to meet it, when it did.

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

I think the willfully unimaginative see more monsters. They are often more afraid.

That's chess!" snapped Ron. "You've got to make some sacrifices!

We have the power to imagine better.

Don't count your owls before they are delivered.

You must accept the reality of other people. You think that reality is up for negotiation, that we think it's whatever you say it is. You must accept that we are as real as you are; you must accept that you are not God.