1,417 Quotes by J. K. Rowling

Yes, it has made me happier. Finishing them has made me happier. Before I wrote the Potter books, I'd never finished a novel. I came close to finishing two.

Enter, stranger, but take heed Of what awaits the sin of greed, For those who take, but do not earn, Must pay most dearly in their turn. So if you seek beneath our floors A treasure that was never yours, Thief, you have been warned, beware Of finding more than treasure there.

You see what you expect to see, Severus.

I'm happy to talk in general themes, but when we get down to specifics about my family, for me that's always been off-limits.

That," said Harry, "is a really good question.

It was important, Dumbledore said, to fight, and fight again, and keep fighting, for only then could evil be kept at bay, though never quite eradicated. . . .

Harry was left to ponder in silence the depths to which girls would sink to get revenge.

Hand over the prophecy and no one need get hurt," said Malfoy coolly. It was Harry's turn to laugh. "Yeah, right!" he said. "I will give you this - prophecy, is it? And you'll just let us skip off home, will you?

Every time he tried to reconstruct the internal arguments that had led to his decision, they sounded feebler to him.