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J. K. Rowling Quotes - Page 5

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I'm a writer, and I will write what I want to write.

I'm a writer, and I will write what I want to write.

Writing, Want, Babysitter

Time is making fools of us again.

Time, Fool

Death comes for us all in the end.

Ends

I have never been remotely ashamed of having been depressed. Never. What's to be ashamed of? I went through a really rough time and I am quite proud that I got out of that.

Depression, Proud, Rough Times

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

Death, Travel, Adventure

J. K. Rowling (2002). “Spark Notes Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone”, Spark Notes

Hope springs forever.

Spring, Forever

You can exist without your soul, you know, as long as your brain and heart are still working. But you’ll have no sense of self anymore, no memory, no . . . anything. There’s no chance at all of recovery. You’ll just — exist. As an empty shell. And your soul is gone forever . . . lost.

Memories, Heart, Recovery

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ch. 12 (1999). Ellipsis in the original.

I'm a real sucker for guitars. I've had a crush on many, many a guitarist.

Crush, Real, Guitar

Source: www.wbur.org

I always advise children who ask me for tips on being a writer to read as much as they possibly can. Jane Austen gave a young friend the same advice, so I'm in good company there.

Children, Writing, Young Friends

"Of magic and single motherhood". Interview with Margaret Weir, www.salon.com. March 14, 1999.

Writing for me is a kind of compulsion, so I don't think anyone could have made me do it, or prevented me from doing it.

Writing, Thinking, Kind

It's the same story with a few crucial additions; the most important one is you.

Important, Stories, Crucial

People ask me if there are going to be stories of Harry Potter as an adult. Frankly, if I wanted to, I could keep writing stories until Harry is a senior citizen, but I don't know how many people would actually want to read about a 65 year old Harry still at Hogwarts playing bingo with Ron and Hermione.

Senior, Writing, Years

There will be books written about Harry. Every child in the world will know his name.

Children, Book, Names

Because that's what Hermione does,' said Ron, shrugging. 'When in doubt, go to the library.

Doubt, Funny Harry Potter, Library

J. K. Rowling (1999). “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, Raincoast Books

Sometimes ideas just come to me. Other times I have to sweat and almost bleed to make ideas come. It's a mysterious process, but I hope I never find out exactly how it works.

Creativity, Sweat, Ideas

Remus Lupin was supposed to be on the H.I.V. metaphor. It was someone who had been infected young, who suffered stigma, who had a fear of infecting others, who was terrified he would pass on his condition to his son. And it was a way of examining prejudice, unwarranted prejudice towards a group of people. And also, examining why people might become embittered when they're treated that unfairly.

Son, People, Way

For that was the terrible power of the dementors: to force their victims to relive the worst memories of their lives, and drown, powerless, in theirown despair. . . .

Memories, Mentor, Despair

You must accept the reality of other people. You think that reality is up for negotiation, that we think it's whatever you say it is. You must accept that we are as real as you are; you must accept that you are not God.

Life, Real, Thinking

And sure enough, in seeking to become superhuman this foolhardy young man renders himself inhuman. The heart that he has locked away slowly shrivels and grows hair, symbolising his own descent to beasthood.

Heart, Men, Hair

He tried to give his wife pleasure in little ways, because he had come to realize, after nearly two decades together, how often he disappointed her in the big things. It was never intentional. They simply had very different notions of what ought to take up most space in life.

Two, Space, Wife

Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.

Failure, Energy, Finishing

J.K. Rowling (2015). “Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination”, p.37, Hachette UK

Get up, you useless lump, get up!

Useless, Get Up, Lumps

J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, p.26, Pottermore

The world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters.

Death Eaters, People, Inspirational Harry Potter

Assuming I survive our hunt for the Horcruxes, I’ll find Mum and Dad and lift the enchantment. If I don’t – well, I think I’ve cast a good enough charm to keep them safe and happy. Wendell and Monica Wilkins don’t know that they’ve got a daughter, you see.

Daughter, Dad, Thinking

Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. Love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves it's own mark. To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.

Love, Death, Mother

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