As far as informing the headmaster, Harry had no idea where Dumbledore went during the summer holidays. He amused himself for a moment, picturing Dumbledore, with his long silver beard, full-length wizard's robes, and pointed hat, stretched out on a beach somewhere, rubbing suntan lotion onto his long crooked nose.

All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.

Mitch Albom

As a sophomore, I wanted to play varsity in three sports. And I accomplished that. It was a great feat that year, and something I held special. I wanted to bring a championship team to Oceanside High School, and it happened. It was a great year that I will never forget.

Junior Seau

Some people are willing to betray years of friendship just to get a little bit of the spotlight.

Lauren Conrad

It really costs me a lot emotionally to watch myself on-screen. I think of myself, and feel like I'm quite young, and then I look at this old man with the baggy chins and the tired eyes and the receding hairline and all that.

Gene Hackman

I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food.

Alex Kapranos

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

Francis Bacon

The planet will survive. Whether we get to be here and enjoy it, or enjoy life as we've known it, is what's questionable.

Ted Danson

No one ever does live happily ever after, but we leave the children to find that out for themselves.

Stephen King

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.

Thomas Huxley

Members of Congress were told they could face martial law if they didn't pass the bailout bill. This will not be the last time.

James Dye

A picture is a poem without words.

Horace

The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.

Maximilien Robespierre