"The truth. It is a beautiful and a terrible thing and should be treated with great caution."

"It is the quality of one's convictions that determines success, not the number of followers."

"There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them."

"Books! And cleverness! There are important things - friendship and bravery."

"We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are."

"Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike."

"But you know, happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."

"Time will not slow down when something unpleasant lies ahead."

"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."

"Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open."

"Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect."

"When in doubt, go to the library."