1,714 Quotes by J.K. Rowling

Parents shouldn't leave their kids unless —unless they've got to.

Myrtle," Harry said slowly, "how am I supposed to breathe?"At this, Myrtle's eyes filled with sudden tears again."Tactless!" she muttered, groping in her robes for a handkerchief."What's tactless?" said Harry, bewildered."Talking about breathing in front of me!" she said shrilly, and her voice echoed loudly around the bathroom.

Harry... take my body back, will you? Take my body back to my parents...

Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself most plainly when you need of him. How else could you produce that particular Patronus? Prongs rode again last night.

He’d really done something to be proud of now — no one could say he was just a famous name any more.

You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.

I don’t believe him,” said Hermione in a very unsteady voice, the moment they were out of earshot of Hagrid. “I don’t believe him. I really don’t believe him. . . .”“Calm down,” said Harry.“Calm down!” she said feverishly. “A giant! A giant in the forest! And we’re supposed to give him English lessons! Always assuming, of course, we can get past the herd of murderous centaurs on the way in and out! I — don’t — believe — him!

Oh, for heaven’s sake, Sirius, Dumbledore said no!”A bearlike black dog had appeared at Harry’s side as Harry clambered over the various trunks cluttering the hall to get to Mrs. Weasley.“Oh honestly,” said Mrs. Weasley despairingly. “Well, on your own head be it!”The great black dog gave a joyful bark and gamboled around them, snapping at pigeons, and chasing its own tail. Harry couldn’t help laughing. Sirius had been trapped inside for a very long time.

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