There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or more . . . secure.

My magic. That was at the heart of me. It was a manifestation of what I believed, what I lived. It came from my desire to see to it that someone stood between the darkness and the people it would devour.

There's a fine line between audacity and idiocy.

You don’t have to run faster than the bear to get away. You just have to run faster than the guy next to you.

Any time I’m not shooting my mouth off to a clichéd, two-bit creature of the night like you, it’s because I’m up to something.

But I don't understand God. I don't understand how he could see the way people treat one another, and not chalk up the whole human race as a bad idea.

Life is too short, Harry. And there's nowhere near enough joy in it. If you find it, grab it. Before it's gone.