“Sure, we'd faced some things as children that a lot of kids don't. Sure, Justin had qualified for his Junior de Sade Badge in his teaching methods for dealing with pain. We still hadn't learned, th...”

“My dear cousin has a very odd relationship with fear -- though mostly she's too busy to be bothered with it.”

“Fear is really quite tedious. She wanted to be rid of it as soon as possible.”

“Don't mess with a wizard when he's wizarding!”

“I let out a battle cry. Sure, a lot of people might have mistaken it for a sudden yelp of unmanly fear, but trust me. It was a battle cry.”

“That woman," Grimm said quietly, "drives me quite insane."Kettle grunted. "Why'd you marry her, then?”

“Teddy taught me about kindness, about love that is unconditional; a sentiment not dependent on acceptance, approval, or the expectation of something in return. It was the first time I would ever fe...”

“I am 1324512000 seconds old. In the cosmic blink of an eye, I will become once again cosmic dust.”

“Empty night, Harry. Didn't your little adventure in the lake teach you a damned thing?"I scowled some more. "Like what?""Like life is short," he [Thomas] said. "Like you don't know when it's going ...”

“People always say life is too short for regrets. But the truth is, it's too long.”

“Benj had once said, "A man must have a care to what he puts in his mind, for when he's alone on a hillside and draws it out he'll want treasures to be his company, not regrets.”

“It's too late.I chose life too late.”