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If I had to choose a companion to be at the return of eternal darkness with, I'd choose you.'No offence, but I'd choose someone massive and really goo...more

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What's most important in a friendship? Tolerance and loyalty.

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Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i.e., do not cave in to endless requests to have "essential" and "long overdue" meetings on those days. The...more

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The world is full of wonderful things you haven't seen yet. Don't ever give up on the chance of seeing them.

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Is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me.

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Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two.

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You can't live without failing at something, unless you love so cautiously you might as well have nit lived at all, in which case, you fail be default...more

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I have noticed more than once in life that a taste for the ineffably twee can go hand-in-hand with a distinctly uncharitable outlook on the world, I o...more

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Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

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

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Much as he detested Filch, Harry couldn't help feeling a bit sorry for him, though not nearly as sorry as he felt for himself.

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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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Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also

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All I ever wanted to do was go to Hogwarts and have a mate to get up to mayhem with. Just like Harry Potter. And I got his son. How crazily fortunate ...more

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Hermione was screaming again: the sound went through Harry like physical pain.