1,417 Quotes by J. K. Rowling

I’m very busy with schoolwork, of course." "How can she be?" said Ron in horror. "We’re on vacation!

One of my regrets would be that I will never again have the pleasure of sneaking into a cafe, any cafe I like, sitting down and diving into my world and no one knowing what I am doing and no one bothering about me and being totally anonymous, that was fantastic

Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. (Dumbledore)

Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?” "...I think the answer is that a circle has no beginning." "Well reasoned.

Writing for me is a kind of compulsion, so I don't think anyone could have made me do it, or prevented me from doing it.

As our listeners will know, unless they've taken refuge at the bottom of a garden pond or somewhere similar, You-Know-Who's strategy of remaining in the shadows is creating a nice little climate of panic.

If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love.

Never try to understand the students. They hate it. They would much rather be tragically misunderstood, wallow in self-pity, stew in their own —” “That’s enough, Phineas,” said Dumbledore.

Snape was looking as though the first person to ask him for a Love Potion would be force-fed poison.