J. K. Rowling quotes

J. K. Rowling is a British author best known for writing the Harry Potter series. Her books have captivated millions of readers around the world and inspired numerous films and cultural phenomena. She continues to influence modern literature and philanthropy. Here are 164 of her quotes:

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.

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We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better.

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

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I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.

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I don't believe in magic, either.

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I mean, is ‘fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is ‘fat' worse than ‘vindictive', ‘jealous', ‘shallow', ‘vain', ‘boring' or ‘cruel'? Not me.

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The wizards represent all that the true "muggle" most fears: They are plainly outcasts and comfortable with being so. Nothing is more unnerving to the truly conventional than the unashamed misfit!

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The world is full of wonderful things you haven't seen yet. Don't ever give up on the chance of seeing them.

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

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I bumped into a woman I hadn't seen for nearly three years. The first thing she said to me? "You've lost a lot of weight since the last time I saw you!" "Well," I said, slightly nonplussed, "the last time you saw me I'd just had a baby." What I felt like saying was, "I've produced my third child and my sixth novel since I last saw you. Aren't either of those things more important, more interesting, than my size?" But no - my waist looked smaller! Forget the kid and the book: finally, something to celebrate!

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I've given you more than I've given anyone else which I probably shouldn't probably say on - on screen, or they'll kidnap and torture him, and we need him.

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I've never set out to teach anyone anything. It's been more of an expression of my views and feelings than sitting down and deciding "What is today's message?" And I do think that, although I never, again, sat down consciously and thought about this, I do think judging, even for my own daughter, that children respond to that than to "thought for the day."

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I don't think I've ever wanted magic more.

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Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

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It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

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And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

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Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.

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And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.

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The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.

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The consequences of our actions are so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed.

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Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

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

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