It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.

That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it’s worth fighting for.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all.

We all have light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light.

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

A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.

Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape?

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.