Memorable Quotes and quotations from J. K. Rowling

J. K. Rowling British fantasy author


J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005
- Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.

J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter
- Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.

J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003
- Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005
- It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.

J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, 1999
- It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003
- 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 Goblet of Fire
- 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 Chamber of Secrets, 1999
- The best of us must sometimes eat our words.

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- Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.

J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- 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.

J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth...

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- It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.

J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince
- ...people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.

J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005
- When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love.

J. K. Rowling - J. K. Rowling Official Website
- Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.