"Words are in my not so humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it." -Albus Dumbledore

I love words. It's as simple as that. More specifically, I love quotes. I love how a string of letters and commas can make you feel every emotion you've ever known, or an emotion you've never even felt.

Here are 12 of some of my favorite quotes that I can always count on to make me smile. If this article does nothing else, I hope these next quotes make you as happy as they make me.

1. "I hope to arrive to my death, late, in love and a little drunk." -Atticus

2. "This morning, with her, having coffee." -Johnny Cash, when asked for his description of paradise.

3. "Keep me where the light is." -John Mayer

4. "She doesn't say 'I love you' like a normal person. Instead, she'll laugh, shake her head, give you a little smile, and say, 'You're an idiot.' If she tells you you're an idiot, you're a lucky man."

5. "In a world where you can be anything, be kind."

6. "I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like the most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person." -Audrey Hepburn

7. "What's coming will come and we'll meet when it does." -Hagrid

8. "Whatever you are, be a good one." -Abraham Lincoln

9. "I love her and that's the beginning and end of everything." -F. Scott Fitzgerald

10. "She's the kind of magic that you marry." -Adrian Michael

11."Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind." -Henry James

12. I promise I shall never give up and that I'll die yelling and laughing." -Jack Kerouac