“Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.”
“Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.”
“To the well-organized mind death is the next great adventure.”
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
“Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.”
“Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn’t mean we all have.”
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
“Of course it is happening inside your head Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
“He can run faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo.”
“Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.”
“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.”
“It is our choices Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
“The truth Dumbledore sighed. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
“It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness , nothing more.”
“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”
“If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
“We’re all human, aren’t we? Every life is worth the same, and worth saving.”
“Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”
“It matters not what someone is born. But what they grow to be.”
“My philosophy is that worrying means you suffer twice.” —J K Rowling
“We’ve lived in the shadows for too long.” —J K Rowling
“I’m the only one like me.” —J K Rowling
“Albus Dumbledore is the greatest sorcerer in the world.” —J K Rowling
“Enemies of the Heir, beware! You’ll be next, Mudbloods!” —J K Rowling
“Why spiders? Why couldn’t it be ‘follow the butterflies.‘” —J K Rowling
“I don’t think I’m dreaming... I ain’t got the brains to make this up.” —J K Rowling
“I love house elves. My uncle is a house elf.” —J K Rowling
“I refuse to bow down any longer.” —J K Rowling
“I wish I was a wizard.” —J K Rowling
“Worrying means you suffer twice” —J K Rowling
“Hey! Mr. English Guy! I think your egg is hatching.” —J K Rowling
“He’ll never be gone. Not as long as those who remain are loyal to him.” —J K Rowling
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” —J K Rowling
“Why spiders? Why couldn’t it be ‘follow the butterflies.‘” —J K Rowling
″‘You fool,’ said Lupin softly. ‘Is a schoolboy grudge worth putting an innocent man back inside Azkaban?‘” —J K Rowling
“Beds empty! No note! Car gone-could have crashed-out of my mind with worry-did you care?” —J K Rowling
“See why I’ve got to go back? I don’t belong here. I belong in your world, at Hogwarts.” —J K Rowling
“Imperfect understanding is often more dangerous than ignorance.” —J K Rowling
“I ask all of you, who does this protect? Us or them?” —J K Rowling
“The unicorn’s horn, blood and hair all have highly magical properties.” —J K Rowling
“One person can’t feel all that at once, they’d explode.” —J K Rowling
“Will we die, just a little?” —J K Rowling
“New York is considerably more interesting than I expected.” —J K Rowling
“Harry’s mind was buzzing. He was going to leave the Dursleys. He was going to live with Sirius Black, his parents’ best friend... He felt dazed...” —J K Rowling
“Your parents were meddlesome fools too. Mark my words, Potter. One day soon you are going to meet the same sticky end.” —J K Rowling
“The truth. Tell them Hogwarts is no longer safe. It is as we feared, Minerva. The Chamber of Secrets has indeed been opened again.” —J K Rowling
“I’m not doing this for you. I’m doing it because – I don’t reckon my dad would’ve wanted them to become killers – just for you.” —J K Rowling
″What we need,’ said Dumbledore slowly, and his light blue eyes moved from Harry to Hermione, ‘is more time.” —J K Rowling
“You know Harry, in a way you did see your father last night... You found him inside yourself.” —J K Rowling
“Magical beasts are terrorizing No-Majs, when No-Majs are afraid, they attack. Contain this, or it’ll mean war.” —J K Rowling
“believed to have originated in northern Europe. Humans turn into werewolves only when bitten. There is no known cure, though recent” —J K Rowling
“People change after a while, and they’re no longer who you once knew” —J K Rowling
“When the Dementors approached him, he heard the last moments of his mother’s life, her attempts to protect him, Harry, from Lord Voldemort, and Voldemort’s laughter before he murdered her...” —J K Rowling
″You can speak Parseltongue, Harry,’ said Dumbledore calmly, ‘because Lord Voldemort-who is the last remaining ancestor of Salazar Slytherin- can speak Parseltongue.” —J K Rowling
“And you must be Miss Granger. Yes, Draco’s told me all about you. And your parents. Muggles, aren’t they? Let me see. Red hair...vacant expressions...tatty second hand book...you must be the Weasleys.” —J K Rowling
“Books! And cleverness! There are more important things! — Friendship! And Bravery!” —J K Rowling
“Do not pity the dead, Harry, pity the living, and above all those who live without love.” —J K Rowling
“It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.” —J K Rowling
“Words are, in my not so humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic, capable of both influencing injury, and remedying it.” —J K Rowling
“The world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters. We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.” —J K Rowling
“Why had nobody ever told him? Dumbledore, Hagrid, Mr. Weasley, Cornelius Fudge... why hadn’t anyone ever mentioned the fact that Harry’s parents died because their best friend had betrayed them?” —J K Rowling