1,417 Quotes by J. K. Rowling

The Forbidden Forest looked as though it had been enchanted, each tree smattered with silver, and Hagrid's cabin looked like an iced cake.

You've got to appreciate what the worst is. You don't want to find yourself in a situation where you're facing it.

Slowly, very slowly, he sat up, and as he did so he felt more alive, and more aware of his own living body than ever before. Why had he never appreciated what a miracle he was, brain and nerve and bounding heart? It would all be gone...or at least, he would be gone from it. His breath came slow and deep, and his mouth and throat were completely dry, but so were his eyes.

It matters not what a person is born, but who they choose to be.

Sounded like a load of waffle to me." "There was some important stuff hidden in the waffle.

It was a shame, but as Ron said, you couldn't have everything in life..

If only the hat had mentioned a house for people who felt a bit queasy, that would have been the one for him.

Failure means a stripping away of the inessential.

Hedwig didn't return until the end of the Easter holidays. Percy's letter was enclosed in a package of Easter eggs that Mrs. Weasley had sent. Both Harry's and Ron's were the size of dragon eggs, and full of home-made toffee. Hermione's, however, was smaller than a chicken's egg. Her face fell when she saw it. "Your mum doesn't read Witch's Weekly, by any chance, does she, Ron?" she asked quietly. "Yeah," said Ron, whose mouth was full of toffee. "Gets it for the recipes." Hermione looked sadly at her tiny egg.