J. K. Rowling Quotes

J. K. Rowling Quote: It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.
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It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1999)

Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005)

It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000)

Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 2007)

You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003)

It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000)

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997)

We must try not to sink beneath our anguish, Harry, but battle on.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005)

Always the innocent are the first victims.... So it has been for ages past, so it is now.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997)

We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000)



To hurt is as human as to breathe.

J. K. Rowling (The Tales of Beedle the Bard, 2007)

We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 2007)

Even the best of us must sometimes eat our words.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, 1999)

Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.

J. K. Rowling (Harvard Commencement Speech, 2008)

Humans have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.

J. K. Rowling (The Tales of Beedle the Bard, 2007)

Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.

J. K. Rowling

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

J. K. Rowling (Harvard Commencement Speech, 2008)

Decent people are so easy to manipulate.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000)

We touch other peoples lives simply by existing.

J. K. Rowling (Harvard Commencement Speech, 2008)

Always use the proper names for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997)

Taunting Death... means pitting oneself against a wily enemy who cannot lose.

J. K. Rowling (The Tales of Beedle the Bard, 2007)

Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1999)



It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005)

There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997)

There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place.

J. K. Rowling

Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here!

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997)

Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003)

Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003)

To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997)

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003)

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J. K. Rowling Biography

Born: July 31, 1965

Joanne Rowling is a British fantasy author. She is best known as the author of the highly successful and popular Harry Potter book series.

Notable Works

Harry Potter Series: (1997 - 2007)
 The Philosophers Stone
(1997)
 The Chamber of Secrets (1998)
 The Prisoner of Azkaban (1999)
 The Goblet of Fire (2000)
 The Order of the Phoenix (2003)
 The Half-Blood Prince (2005)
 The Deathly Hallows (2007)
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