My brief flash of relief and confidence melted away. Good thing it did, too. I'm sure the world would come to an end if I were allowed to feel a sense of relief and well-being for any length of time.

Fear is bred from ignorance. So knowledge is a weapon against it, and reason is the tool of knowledge.

If you can't manage courtesy, try silence.

Love is another kind of power, which shouldn't surprise you. Magic comes from emotions, among other things. And when two people are together, in that intimacy, when they really, selflessly love each other it changes them both. It lingers on in the energy of their lives, even when they are apart.

Magic comes from what is inside you. It is a part of you. You can't weave together a spell that you don't beleive in.

Polka will never die.

I believe that there's a cloud for every silver lining,' I said.