J. K. Rowling quotes - page 3

There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it. (J. K. Rowling)
It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be. View quote
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Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement. View quote
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Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here! View quote
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Choosing to live in narrow spaces leads to form of mental agoraphobia and that brings its own terrors. I think the willfully unimaginative see more monsters, they are often more afraid. What is more, those who choose not to empathize enable real monsters. For without ever committing an act of outright evil ourselves, we collude through our own apathy. View quote
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It is not an ennobling experience. Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. View quote
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Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications are not your life. View quote
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The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. View quote
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Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open. View quote
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Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. View quote
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Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth. (J. K. Rowling)
When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love. View quote
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There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction. The moment you are old enough to take the wheel, the responsibility lies with you. View quote
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Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you a set of criteria if you let it. View quote
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We touch other peoples lives simply by existing. View quote
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You will never truly know yourself or the strength of your relationships until both have been tested by adversity. View quote
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Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences. View quote
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The poor are discussed as this homogeneous mash, like porridge. The idea that they might be individuals, and be where they are for very different, diverse reasons, again seems to escape some people. View quote
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I've laid my friends bare. View quote
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun. View quote
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I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write. (J. K. Rowling)
It is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and I think it's perfectly possible to live a life peppered with ill-doing and believe in God. View quote
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I pay a lot of tax, and I feel, one of the reasons I stay and pay why I'm not based in Monaco... I think my country helped me. View quote
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I knew no one who'd ever been in the public eye. View quote
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The first story I finished was when I was six years old. View quote
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