Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.

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It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

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Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.

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...someone might slip dragon dung in it again eh, Perce? said Fred. That was a sample of fertiliser from Norway! said Percy, going very red in the face, It was nothing personal! It was, Fred whispered to Harry, as they got up from the table. We sent it.

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If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.

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Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth...

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Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

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Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.

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His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.

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You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

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Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

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It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

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Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.

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The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.

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It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

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There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.

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Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.

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Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.

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To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.

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...After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. You know, the Stone was not such a wonderful thing. As much money and life and you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all -- the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.

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When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love.

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If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

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It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.

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...people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.

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Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here

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It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.

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Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.

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Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

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Ah music....a magic far beyond anything done here.

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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.

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