J.K. Rowling

Family is a life jacket in the stormy sea of life.

Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?

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

It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.

Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.

It's going to be all right, sir," Harry said over and over again, more worried by Dumbledore's silence than he had been by his weakened voice. "We're nearly there ... I can Apparate us both back ... don't worry ...""I am not worried, Harry," said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. "I am with you.

We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.

I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.

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

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

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

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

It’s impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all.

If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.