1,714 Quotes by J.K. Rowling

You have to be free to fail in this world.

My mother can't have been magic, or she wouldn't have died", said Riddle

Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticised only by fools.

Then he heard a terrible cry that pulled at his insides, that expressed agony of a kind that neither flame nor curse could cause, and he stood up, swaying, more frightened than he had been that day, more frightened, perhaps, than he had been in his whole life...

It makes no difference to me, whether a man is a cheesemaker or a king, so long as he behaves with honour.”― J.K. Rowlingtags: , inspirational, 0 likes

Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?

Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!

Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.

Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed.