“There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.”

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”

“Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears. "After all this time?" "Always," said Snape.”

“Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.”

“Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.”

“You don't forget the face of the person who was your last hope.”

“Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?”

“Is this the part where you start tearing off strips of your shirt to bind my wounds?”

“When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.”

“Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not want to sign.”

“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”

“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”

“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”

“I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.”

“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”

“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”

“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”

“Here's to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.”

“Reality continues to ruin my life.”

“You can love someone so much, but you can never love people as much as you can miss them.”

“You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world, but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.”

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”

“A day without laughter is a day wasted.”

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”

“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes 'Awww!'”

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”

“I love you. I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I've ever had, and no matter what happens to us in the future, every day we are together is the greatest day of my life. I will always be yours.”

“Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure.”

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”

“I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.”

“Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.”

“Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.”

“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before and she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect, you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together; but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold on to her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break: her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze, and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, tell her when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.”

“When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, "Damn, that was fun."”

“When adults say, "Teenagers think they are invincible" with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don't know how right they are. We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think that we are invincible because we are. We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations. They forget that when they get old. They get scared of losing and failing. But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin and cannot end, and so it cannot fail.”

“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case, you fail by default.”

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”

“So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.”

“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”

“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”

“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.”

“Have you fallen in love with the wrong person yet?”