Quotes by J.K. Rowling

You, yourself, will never rest until youve tried!

Its real for us

And then a silver hare, a boar, and a fox soared past Harry, Ron, and Hermiones heads: The dementors fell back before the creatures approach. Three more people had arrived out of the darkness to stand beside them, their wands outstretched, continuing to cast their Patronuses: Luna, Ernie, and Seamus.Thats right, said Luna encouragingly, as if they were back in the Room of Requirement and this was simply spell practice for the D.A. Thats right, Harry... come on, think of something happy...Something happy? he said, his voice cracked.Were all still here, she whispered, were still fighting. Come on, now...There was a silver spark, then a wavering light, and then, with the greatest effort it had ever cost him, the stag burst from the end of Harrys wand.

Thats what yer little sister said, said Hagrid, nodding at Ron. Met her jus yesterday. Hagrid looked sideways at Harry, his beard twitching. Said she was jus lookin round the grounds, but I reckon she was hopin she might run inter someone else at my house. He winked at Harry. If yeh ask me, she wouldn say no ter a signed-Oh, shut up, said Harry. Ron snorted with laughter and the ground was sprayed with slugs.

What Harry found most unusual about life at Ron’s, however, wasn’t the talking mirror or the clanking ghoul: It was the fact that everybody there seemed to like him.

Very astute, Harry, but the mouth organ was only ever a mouth organ. - Albus Dumbledore

Why spiders? Why couldnt it be follow the butterflies?

Those patient Hufflepuffs are true and unafraid of toil.

Spiders... the spiders... they want me to tap-dance. And I dont want to tap-dance!

You foul, lying, evil little cockroach!

Ministry of Magic (M.O.M) Classification.xxxxx Known wizard killer / impossible to train or domesticate / or anything Hagrid likes

Strange how short-sighted being invisible can make you.

Merlins pants! shrieked Hermione, jumping up and running from the room.Merlins pants? repeated Ron, looking amused. She must be really upset.

Dumbledore raised his finger for silence, a silence which fell as though he had struck Uncle Vernon dumb.

And anyway, lifes too short....

Wow, were identical!

October arrived, spreading a damp chill over the grounds and into the castle. Madam Pomfrey, the nurse, was kept busy by a sudden spate of colds among the staff and students. Raindrops the size of bullets thundered on the castle windows for days on end; the lake rose, the flower beds turned into muddy streams, and Hagrid’s pumpkins swelled to the size of garden sheds.

The plan, which I really hope I fulfilled, is that the reader, like Harry, would gradually discover Ginny as pretty much the ideal girl for Harry. She’s tough, not in an unpleasant way, but she’s gutsy. He needs to be with someone who can stand the demands of being with Harry Potter, because he’s a scary boyfriend in a lot of ways. He’s a marked man. I think she’s funny, and I think that she’s very warm and compassionate. These are all things that Harry requires in his ideal woman…. Initially, she’s terrified by his image. I mean, he’s a bit of a rock god to her when she sees him first, at 10 or 11, and he’s this famous boy. So Ginny had to go through a journey… I didn’t want Ginny to be the first girl that Harry ever kissed. That’s something I meant to say, and it’s kind of tied in…. And I feel that Ginny and Harry, in this book, they are total equals. They are worthy of each other. They’ve both gone through a big emotional journey, and they’ve really got over a lot of delusions together. So, I enjoyed writing that. I really like Ginny as a character.

Ive got two neptunes here, said Harry after a while, frowning down at his piece of parchment, that cant be right, can it?Aaaaah, said Ron, imitating Professor Trelawneys mystical whisper, when two neptunes appear in the sky, it is a sure sign that a midget in glasses is being born, Harry...Seamus and Dean, who were working nearby, sniggered loudly, though not loud enough to mask the excited squeals from Lavender Brown- Oh Professor, look! I think I mightve gotten an unexpected planet! Oooh, which ones that, Professor?It is Uranus, my dear, said Professor Trelawney, peering down at the chart.Can I get a look at Uranus too, Lavender? said Ron.

Harry dreamed he was back in the DA room. Cho was accusing him of luring her there under false pretences; she said he had promised her a hundred and fifty Chocolate Frog Cards if she showed up. Harry protested... Cho shouted, Cedric gave me loads of Chocolate Frog Cards, look! And pulled out fistfuls of Cards from inside her robes and threw them into the air. Then she turned into Hermione, who said, You did promise her, you know, Harry... I think youd better give her something else instead... how about your Firebolt?And Harry was protesting that he could not give Cho his Firebolt, because Umbridge had it, and anyway the whole thing was ridiculous, hed only come to the DA room to put up some Christmas baubles shaped like Dobbys head...