“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
“A person's a person, no matter how small.”
“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
“To die will be an awfully big adventure.”
“I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.”
“The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”
“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
“There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.”
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
“Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.”
“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”