“Are you insane? Of course I want to leave the Dursleys! Have you got a house? When can I move in?”

“All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; Third, it is accepted as self-evident.”

“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”

“Carpe Scrotum. Seize life by the testicles”

“So that's little Scorpious. Make sure you beat him in every test, Rosie. Thank god you've inherited your mother's brains.”

“Goodness," Tessa said to the back of his head. "If you keep seeing Six-Fingered Nigel like this, he'll expect you to declare your intentions.

“If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at...

“The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.”

“Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions.”

“Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.”

“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.”

“I met an old lady once, almost a hundred years old, and she told me, 'There are only two questions that human beings have ever fought over, all through history. How much do you...

“Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.”

“Everything in this room is edible. Even I'm edible. But, that would be called canibalism. It is looked down upon in most societies.”

“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask......

“Oh no. Don't smile. You'll kill me. I stop breathing when you smile.”

Tears are words that need to be written.”

“There is a crack in everything.<br /> That's how the light gets in.”

“Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before...

“I don't get it,' Caroline said, bemused. 'She's the only one with wings. Why is that?'<br /> There were so many questions in life. You couldn't ever have all the answers....