Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?

You know how I think they choose people for Gryffindor team?" said Malfoy loudly a few minutes later, as Snape awarded Hufflepuff another penalty for now reason at all. "It's people they feel sorry for. See, there's Potter, who's got no parents, then there's the Weasleys, who've got no money - you should be on the team, Longbottom, you've got no brains.

... perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.

If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work.

He tried to give his wife pleasure in little ways, because he had come to realize, after nearly two decades together, how often he disappointed her in the big things. It was never intentional. They simply had very different notions of what ought to take up most space in life.

Sometimes you have to stop trying to force it, walk away and let your subconscious show you the way. Fill up on life for a while.

I am very frustrated by fear of imagination, I don’t think that’s healthy.