J. K. Rowling, Quotes

Hogwarts is threatened!” shouted Professor McGonagall. “Man the boundaries, protect us, do your duty to our school!

Enemies of the Heir, beware! You'll be next, Mudbloods!

If anyone wanted ter find out some stuff, all they’d have ter do would be ter follow the spiders. That’d lead ‘em right! That’s all I’m sayin’.

You haven't got a letter on yours," George observed. "I suppose she thinks you don't forget your name. But we're not stupid-we know we're called Gred and Forge.

Why are you worrying about YOU-KNOW-WHO, when you should be worrying about YOU-NO-POO? The constipation sensation that's gripping the nation!

Everybody finished the song at different times. At last, only the Weasley twins were left singing along to a very slow funeral march.

We'll send you a Hogwarts toilet seat!

You don't know what I'm capable of, you don't know what I've done!

Where is Wood?" said Harry, suddenly realizing he wasn't there. "Still in the showers," said Fred. "We think he's trying to drown himself.

The wizards represent all that the true 'muggle' most fears: They are plainly outcasts and comfortable with being so. Nothing is more unnerving to the truly conventional than the unashamed misfit!

When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love.

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

He’ll accept anyone at Hogwarts, s’long as they’ve got the talent. Knows people can turn out okay even if their families weren’ . . .well . . . all tha’ respectable.

Failure is not fun. It can be awful. But living so cautiously that you never fail is worse.

If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

Oh, shut up Weatherby.

Twitchy little ferret, aren't you, Malfoy?

What are we doing here? Has something gone wrong?” “Oh no, Ron,” came Fred’s voice, very sarcastically. “No, this is exactly where we wanted to end up.

If you’re not in Gryffindor, we’ll disinherit you,” said Ron, “but no pressure.

You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.

Fred and George turned to each other and said together, “Wow — we’re identical!

I was supposed to be waiting up here when you got back, only your Phoenix lot got in the way...” “Yes, they do that,” said Dumbledore.

Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with.

Let my girls be Hermiones, rather than Pansy Parkinsons.

Your Wheezy, sir, your Wheezy — Wheezy who is giving Dobby his sweater!

Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.

You think it - wise - to trust Hagrid with something as important as this?" "I would trust Hagrid with my life," said Dumbledore.

George,” said Fred, “I think we’ve outgrown full-time education.” “Yeah, I’ve been feeling that way myself,” said George lightly.

Well, I can certainly see why we're trying to keep them alive. Who wouldn't want pets that can burn, sting, and bite all at once?

Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.

You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.

You can't give a Dementor the old one-two!

George: "I can't see anyone trying to bump off a quidditch team." Fred: "Wood might've done the Slytherins if he could've got away with it.

And Percy was shaking his brother, and Ron was kneeling beside them, and Fred's eyes stared without seeing, the ghost of his last laugh still etched upon his face.

Where's the fun without a bit of risk?

Never," said Hagrid irritably, "try an' get a straight answer out of a centaur. Ruddy stargazers. Not interested in anythin' closer'n the moon.

There's a time and a place for getting a smart mouth.

There was a lot more to magic, as Harry quickly found out, than waving your wand and saying a few funny words.

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

So Dobby stopped us from getting on the train and broke your arm. . . ." He shook his head. "You know what, Harry? If he doesn't stop trying to save your life he's going to kill you.

You see, I, unlike you, have been made a prefect, which means that I, unlike you, have the power to hand out punishments.” “Yeah,” said Harry, “but you, unlike me, are a git.

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. I wish you all very good lives.

Some say he died. Codswallop, in my opinion. Dunno if he had enough human left in him to die. Some say he’s still out there, bidin’ his time, like, but I don’ believe it.

Ah, go boil yer heads, both of yeh", said Hagrid. “Harry — yer a wizard.

The Ministry places a rather higher value on my life than yours, I’m afraid.

Don't talk to me." "Why not?" "Because I want to fix that in my memory for ever. Draco Malfoy, the amazing bouncing ferret.

Karakarof spat onto the ground at Dumbledore's feet. In one swift movement, Hagrid seized the front of Karkaroff's furs, lifted him into the air, and slammed him against a nearby tree.

I will defend the importance of bedtime stories to my last gasp.

Oh, get out of the way, Percy,” said Fred. “Harry’s in a hurry.” “Yeah, he’s off to the Chamber of Secrets for a cup of tea with his fanged servant,” said George, chortling.

Just think how many books I could've sold if Harry had been a bit more creative with his wand." -[On the success of 50 Shades of Grey]