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J.K. Rowling Quotes: 215

If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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.
Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears."After all this time?" "Always,"said Snape.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The truth."Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Do you remember me telling you we are practicing non-verbal spells, Potter?" "Yes,"said Harry stiffly."Yes, sir." "There's no need to call me "sir"Professor."The words had escaped him before he knew what he was saying.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
He can run faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Death's got an Invisibility Cloak?"Harry interrupted again."So he can sneak up on people,"said Ron. "Sometimes he gets bored of running at them, flapping his arms and shrieking...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?" "Yes." "You called her a liar?" "Yes." "You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?" "Yes." "Have a biscuit, Potter.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
You're a prefect? Oh Ronnie! That's everyone in the family!" "What are Fred and I? Next door neighbors?
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Not my daughter, you bitch!
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Percy wouldn't notice a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing one of Dobby's hats.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
You haven't got a letter on yours,"George observed. "I suppose she thinks you don't forget your name. But we're not stupid-we know we're called Gred and Forge.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.
You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts...but you cannot deny he's got style...
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Don't talk to me." "Why not?" "Because I want to fix that in my memory for ever. Draco Malfoy, the amazing bouncing ferret...
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Why are they all staring?"demanded Albus as he and Rose craned around to look at the other students."Don’t let it worry you,"said Ron. "It’s me. I’m extremely famous.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.
Cinderella? Snow White? What's that? An illness?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
He must have known I'd want to leave you." "No, he must have known you would always want to come back.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Albus Severus,"Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who was now on the train, "you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Holey? You have the the whole world of ear-related humor before you, you go for holey?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
How do you feel, Georgie?"whispered Mrs. Weasley.George's fingers groped for the side of his head."Saintlike,"he murmured."What's wrong with him?"croaked Fred, looking terrified. "Is his mind affected?" "Saintlike,"repeated George, opening his eyes and looking up at his brother. "You see...I'm HOLEY, Fred, geddit?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Now, you two – this year, you behave yourselves. If I get one more owl telling me you've – you've blown up a toilet or –" "Blown up a toilet? We've never blown up a toilet." "Great idea though, thanks, Mum.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Oh well... I'd just been thinking, if you had died, you'd have been welcome to share my toilet.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.
Is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me.
Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head!
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The thing about growing up with Fred and George,"said Ginny thoughtfully, "is that you sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
You'll stay with me?'Until the very end,' said James.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Some people, perhaps, would say that there was little to choose between the two ways, but Dumbledore knew - and so do I, thought Harry, with a rush of fierce pride, and so did my parents - that there was all the difference in the world.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince