Quotes by J.K. Rowling

Albus Severus, Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who was now on the train, you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.

There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.

What would come, would come...and you would have to meet it, when it did.

The best of us must sometimes eat our words.

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.I wish you all very good lives.

Hearing voices no one else can hear isnt a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

Whatever happens to your body, your soul will survive, untouched...

You might never fail on the scale I did, but some failure in life is inevitable. 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.

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

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

The thing about growing up with Fred and George, said Ginny thoughtfully, is that you sort of start thinking anythings possible if youve got enough nerve.

It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Some people, perhaps, would say that there was little to choose between the two ways, but Dumbledore knew - and so do I, thought Harry, with a rush of fierce pride, and so did my parents - that there was all the difference in the world.

Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.

There are some things you cant share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.

Dumbledore will only leave from Hogwarts when there are none loyal to him!

Besides, the world isnt split into good people and Death Eaters. Weve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. Thats who we really are.

We cant choose our fate, but we can choose others. Be careful in knowing that.

You must accept the reality of other people. You think that reality is up for negotiation, that we think its whatever you say it is. You must accept that we are as real as you are; you must accept that you are not God.

Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

Whats most important in a friendship? Tolerance and loyalty.