1,714 Quotes by J.K. Rowling

I think it’s the books that you read when you’re young that live with you forever.

Wherever I am, if I've got a book with me, I have a place I can go and be happy."[Harry Potter Beyond the Page: A Virtual Author Visit with J.K. Rowling (Scholastic / Stacks webcast, October 11, 2012)]

You might never fail on the scale I did, but some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default.

Madam Pince, our librarian, tells me that it is 'pawed about, dribbled on, and generally maltreated' nearly everyday - a high compliment for any book.

I—I didn't think—""That," said Professor McGonagall, "is obvious.

thoughts could leave deeper scars than almost anything else...

But Dumbledore says he doesn't care what they do as long as they don't take him off the Chocolate Frog cards.

Don’t put your wand there, boy! ... Better wizards than you have lost buttocks, you know!

Tears can heal a mind, as well as laughter.