Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
--J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
--J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
--J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone
The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.
--J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone
The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
--J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets
Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.
--J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets
It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
--J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets
Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.
--J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
--J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
--J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in
this cabin for a very long time.
--J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Other J K Rowling/Harry Potter sites:
Profile: J K
Rowling -- When J.K. Rowling began writing the novel that
would become Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in the early 1990s, she
didn't see fame in her own crystal ball. "I thought I'd written something
that a handful of people might quite like," she said at a press conference
near the end of her recent North American tour. "So this has been something
of a shock."...
J. K. Rowling The
Story of Harry Potter's Creator -- Joanne Kathleen Rowling, author of the
best-selling Harry
Potter series of books, was born in Chipping Sodbury, near Bristol,
in southwest England. Her birthday, as all true Harry Potter fans know, is July
31, the same as her famous boy-wizard hero...
Bookworm's Lair - J.K.
Rowling -- Complete bibliography and reviews of the Harry Potter novels from
an adult point of view. Available in English and German.