J. K. Rowling

"There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other."

- J. K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"

J. K. Rowling

"To the well-organised mind, death is but the next great adventure."

- J. K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"

J. K. Rowling

"Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it."

- J. K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"

J. K. Rowling

"It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be."

- J. K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"

J. K. Rowling

"It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more."

- J. K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"

J. K. Rowling

"The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution."

- J. K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"

J. K. Rowling

"Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth."

- J. K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"

J. K. Rowling

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."

- J. K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"

J. K. Rowling

"Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences."

- J. K. Rowling, author

J. K. Rowling

"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"

J. K. Rowling

"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"

J. K. Rowling

"People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right."

- J. K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince"

J. K. Rowling

"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"