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Science owes every thing to the it tries to destroy... Imagination

Oh no... of course... you mostly went hands-free, didn't you? Like "Hey, I'm the Doctor! I can save the universe with a kettle and some string and look at me! I'm wearing a vegetable!

Always bring a banana to a party, Rose. Bananas are good.

"Allons-y!"

Anybody remotely interesting is mad in some way.

Mister Thick Thick Thickity Thick Face from Thicktown, Thickania. And so's your dad

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

We live, as we dream - alone.

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

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.

You place too much importance, and you always have done, on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.

"The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and therefore should be treated with caution..."

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.

When things go wrong, you'll find they usually go on getting worse for some time; but when things once start to go right they often go on getting better and better.

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.

It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.

It takes much bravery to stand up to our enemies but we need as much bravery to stand up to our friends.