J.K. Rowling

Quotes

• “I say to you all, once again -- in the light of Lord Voldemort's return, we are only as strong as we are united, as weak...”
• “And many prefer not to exercise their imaginations at all. They choose to remain comfortably within the bounds of their ...”
• “I just wondered where you —” Ron broke off, shrugging. “Nothing. I’m going back to bed.”“Just thought you’d come nosing ...”
• “His hand closed automatically around the fake Horcrux, but in spite of everything, in spite of the dark and twisting pat...”
• “With another shock of excitement, Harry saw Sirius give James the thumbs-up.Sirius was lounging in his chair at his ease...”
• “His hand closed automatically around the fake Horcrux but in spite of everything, in spite of the dark and twisting path...”
• “The Potter books in general are a prolonged argument for tolerance, a prolonged plea for an end to bigotry. And I think ...”
• “A letter?” repeated Professor McGonagall faintly, sitting back down on the wall. “Really Dumbledore, you think you can e...”
• “They think I'm a waste of space, actually, but I'm used to—""I don't think you're a waste of space."If Harry had not see...”
• “October arrived, spreading a damp chill over the grounds and into the castle. Madam Pomfrey, the nurse, was kept busy by...”
• “Lily’s smile was widest of all. She pushed her long hair back as she drew close to him, and her green eyes, so like his,...”
• “Everything had shattered. The fact that it was all still there — the walls and the chairs and the children’s pictures on...”
• “Have you ever seen anything quite as pathetic?" said Malfoy. "And he’s supposed to be our teacher!"Harry and Ron both ma...”
• “First think of the person who lives in disguise,Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies.Next, tell me what's alwa...”
• “He’s gone, Harry told himself. He’s gone. He had to keep thinking it as he washed and dressed, as though repetition woul...”
• “You know how I think they choose people for Gryffindor team?" said Malfoy loudly a few minutes later, as Snape awarded H...”
• “You are blinded,” said Dumbledore, his voice rising now, the aura of power around him palpable, his eyes blazing once mo...”
• “What was there to be gained by fighting the most evil wizard who has ever existed?" said Black, with a terrible fury in ...”
• “Professor Moody!" said a shocked voice.Professor McGonagall was coming down the marble staircase with her arms full of b...”
• “The singing grew louder as they approached the church. It made Harry’s throat constrict, it reminded him so forcefully o...”
• “Well, we were always going to fail that one," said Ron gloomily as they ascended the marble staircase. He had just made ...”
• “Every hour that passed added to her grief, because it bore her further away from the living man, and because it was a ti...”
• “Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myse...”
• “But I don’t think I’ve ever known such a natural at Potions!” said Slughorn. “Instinctive, you know — like his mother! I...”
• “You don't seem to need many qualifications to liaise with Muggles; all they want is an OWL in Muggle Studies. ''Much mor...”
• “As far as informing the headmaster, Harry had no idea where Dumbledore went during the summer holidays. He amused himsel...”
• “Seventeen, eh!" said Hagrid as he accepted a bucket-sized glass of wine from Fred."Six years to the day we met, Harry, d...”
• “Of course we still want to know you!" Harry said, staring at Hagrid."You don't think anything that Skeeter cow - sorry, ...”
• “That wand’s more trouble than it’s worth,” said Harry. “And quite honestly,” he turned away from the painted portraits, ...”
• “Give her hell from us, Peeves."And Peeves, whom Harry had never seen take an order from a student before, swept his bell...”
• “Ah! Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans! I was unfortunate enough in my youth to come across a vomit-flavored one, and sinc...”
• “You’ll soon find out some wizarding families are much better than others, Potter. You don’t want to go making friends wi...”
• “Kill me then,' panted Harry, who felt no fear at all, but only rage and contempt. 'Kill me like you killed him, you cowa...”
• “Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and, therefore, the foundation of all...”
• “My readers have to work with me to create the experience. They have to bring their imaginations to the story. No one see...”
• “Why were you lurking under our window?""Yes - yes, good point, Petunia! What were you doing under our windows, boy?""Lis...”
• “They stuff people’s heads down the toilet the first day at Stonewall,” he told Harry. “Want to come upstairs and practic...”
• “For a split second, Harry thought how absurd it was for Tonks to expect the dummy to hear her talking that quietly throu...”
• “To the Dark Lord,I know I will be dead long before you read this but I want you to know that it was I who discovered you...”
• “An explanation of an old man’s mistakes. For I see now that what I have done, and not done, with regard to you, bears al...”
• “He might have been encased in a thick glass bubble, so separate did he feel from his three dining companions. It was a s...”
• “What are you doing with all those books anyway?" Ron asked. Just trying to decide which ones to take with us," said Herm...”
• “Albus Severus," Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough to pretend to be wav...”
• “I don't think you should be an Auror, Harry," said Luna unexpectedly. Everybody looked at her. "The Aurors are part of t...”
• “Do you mean ter tell me," he growled at the Dursleys, "that this boy—this boy!—knows nothin' abou'—about ANYTHING?"Harry...”
• “Did you see me disarm Hermione, Harry?""Only once" said Hermione stung. "I got you loads more then you got me—""I did no...”
• “Somewhere out in the darkness, a phoenix was singing in a way Harry had never heard before: a stricken lament of terribl...”
• “Hey, look — Harry’s got a Weasley sweater, too!”Fred and George were wearing blue sweaters, one with a large yellow F on...”
• “Such loyalty is admirable, of course,” said Scrimgeour, who seemed to be restraining his irritation with difficulty, “bu...”
• “Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?''Yes,' said Harry.'You called her a liar?''Yes.''You told her He Who ...”