Quotes by J. Rowling
- If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
- His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.
- Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.
- I will carry on writing, to be sure. But I don't know if I would want to publish again after Harry Potter.
- Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.
- Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
- Death is just life's next big adventure.
- Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
- I really don't believe in magic.
- Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
- There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.
- Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.
- You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
- What's coming will come and we'll just have to meet it when it does.
- To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
- To the philosopher, death is but the next great adventure.
- There is no good or evil: only power and those too weak to seak it.
- The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
- Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.
- Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with.
- Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.
- It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
- If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.
- It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
- It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
- The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.