“A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.”

“If you expect nothing from anybody, you’re never disappointed.”

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”

“Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget...

“If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.”

“Don't." Clary raised a warning hand. "I'm not really in the mood right now."<br /> "That's got to be the first time a girl's ever said that to...

“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”

“What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.”

“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”

“I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.”

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.”

“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”

“Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head!”

“Try a little harder to be a little better.”

“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”

“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”

“How do you feel, Georgie?" whispered Mrs. Weasley.<br /> George's fingers groped for the side of his head.<br /> "Saintlike," he murmured.<br...

“Life is short, Break the Rules.<br /> Forgive quickly, Kiss SLOWLY.<br /> Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably<br /> And never regret ANYTHING<br /> That...

“Mom. I have something to tell you. I’m undead. Now, I know you may have some preconceived notions about the undead. I know you may not be comfortable with the idea of me being...