1,714 Quotes by J.K. Rowling

He wouldn’t have been surprised if it had died of boredom itself – no company except stupid people drumming their fingers on the glass trying to disturb it all day long. It was worse than having a cupboard as a bedroom, where the only visitor was Aunt Petunia hammering on the door to wake you up; at least he got to visit the rest of the house. The snake suddenly opened its beady eyes. Slowly, very slowly, it raised its head until its eyes were on a level with Harry’s. It winked. Harry.

At least my happiness doesn’t depend on Ron’s goalkeeping ability.

It’s not all book signings and publicity photos, you know. You want fame, you have to be prepared for a long hard slog.

Potter! There are hundreds of people thundering through my pub!

A poor way to repay them – gambling their sacrifice for a bag of magic tricks.

Harry and Dudley promptly had a furious but silent fight over who would listen at the keyhole; Dudley won, so Harry, his glasses dangling from one ear, lay flat on his stomach to listen at the crack between door and floor.

Oh, it can’t be a reference to the fact Harry’s a great Seeker, that’s way too obvious. There must be a secret message from Dumbledore hidden in the icing!

Your Wheezy, sir, your Wheezy – Wheezy who is giving Dobby his sweater!

Which only goes to show that the best of us must sometimes eat our words,? Dumbledore went on, smiling.