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

There is a wildness in the way the mind wants to unravel stories.

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

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

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

Courage is found in unlikely places.

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.

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

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

Books are a uniquely portable magic.