Quotes by J.K. Rowling

But you would think, wouldnt you, that getting hit forty-five times in the neck with a blunt axe would qualify you to join the Headless Hunt? - Sir Nicholas de Mimsy

Potter, you can skin Malfoys shrivelfig...

You dont seem to need many qualifications to liaise with Muggles; all they want is an OWL in Muggle Studies. Much more important is your enthusiasm, patience and a good sense of fun. - Youd need more than a good sense of fun to liaise with my uncle, said Harry darkly .Good sense of when to duck more like.

Youll stay with me? Until the very end, said James. They wont be able to see you? asked Harry. We are part of you, said Sirius. Invisible to anyone else.

Don’t get smart - you two are in a heap of trouble!” snarled Anderson. “Names!”“Names?” repeated the long-haired driver. “Er — well, let’s see. There’s Wilberforce . . . Bathsheba . . . Elvendork . . .”“And what’s nice about that one is, you can use it for a boy or a girl,” said the boy in glasses.“Oh, our names, did you mean?” asked the first, as Anderson spluttered with rage. “You should’ve said! This here is James Potter, and I’m Sirius Black!”“Things’ll be seriously black for you in a minute, you cheeky little —

You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself plainly when you have need of him.

You might belong in Gryffindor where dwell the brave at heart. Their daring nerve and chivalry set Gryffindors apart.

Hasnt your experience with the Time-Turner taught you anything, Harry? The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed...

Professor Moody! said a shocked voice.Professor McGonagall was coming down the marble staircase with her arms full of books.Hello, Professor McGonagall, said Moody calmly, bouncing the ferret still higher.What - what are you doing? said Professor McGonagall, her eyes following the bouncing ferrets progress through the air.Teaching, said

We could have all been killed -or worse, expelled.

You know, I sometimes think that we Sort too soon....

The long game was ended, the Snitch has been caught, it was time to leave the air....

An extraordinary lightness seemed to spread through his whole body and the next second, in a rush of wings, they were flying upward through the pipe. Harry could hear Lockhart dangling bellow him, saying, Amazing! Amazing! This is just like magic!

the world isnt split into good people and Death Eaters

It was one of those rare occasions when the true story is even more strange and exciting than the wild rumours.

Harry Potter set Dobby free! Least I could do, Dobby, said Harry, grinning. Just promise never to try and save my life again.

I dont care if you fall off your broom as long as you catch the Snitch first.

Half our family does seem to owe you their lives, now I stop and think about it, Mr. Weasley said in a constricted voice. Well, all I can say is that it was a lucky day for the Weasleys when Ron decided to sit in your compartment on the Hogwarts Express, Harry.

I cant be a wizard. Im just Harry. Harry Potter

Arthur and Fred—” “I’m George,” said the twin at whom Moody was pointing. “Can’t you even tell us apart when we’re Harry?” “Sorry, George—” “I’m only yanking your wand, I’m Fred really—