I can't be under arrest now... I don't have time.

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

I know how you feel," I said. "You run into something you totally don't get, and it's scary as hell. But once you learn something about it, it gets easier to handle. Knowledge counters fear. It always has.

You can't abandon life just because it's scary, and just because you get hurt.

When a young writer comes up to me with an ambitious idea for a 20-book series, I usually tell him to maybe try something smaller to start off with.

It isn't good to hold on too hard to the past. You can't spend your whole life looking back. Not even when you can't see what lies ahead. All you can do is keep on keeping on, and try to believe that tomorrow will be what it should be—even if it isn't what you expected.

I will make Maggie safe. If the world burns because of that then so be it. Me and the kid will roast some marshmallows.