Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it

Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.<br /> "After all this time?"<br...

Don't think or judge, just listen

For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst...

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet...

Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal

Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself

I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with...

Death ends a life, not a relationship

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience....

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, <br /> in secret, between the shadow and the soul

We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. For me, love like that has only happened once, and that's why every minute we...

I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours

The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing

Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light