Like having eyes but keeping them always closed, so that you didn't even realize that you were seeing darkness; and then one day the eye opened, and saw the world.
Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Fate is a mistress who likes mischief more than you might imagine.
You start thinking that anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
Ginny Weasley, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Imperfect understanding is often more dangerous than ignorance.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, J.K. Rowling
Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
Albus Dumbledore, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.
Albus Dumbledore, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Only ghosts have any business talking about eternity.
The August night is the loveliest tender blue; it seems too soft to support the weight of his sadness.
Rozarka, Harlequin's Dance
If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
Fate is a mistress who likes mischief more than you might imagine.
Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and above all those who live without love.
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
We've all got both light and dark inside of us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix