A selection of quotes from the Harry Potter books which were written by J.K. Rowling.
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A greasy-haired teenager sat alone in a dark bedroom, pointing his wand at the ceiling, shooting down flies.J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
A large spider sat in the middle of a frosted web in the brambles.J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
After all, to the well-organised mind, death is but the next great adventure.J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Quoted: Dumbledore
Anyone can speak Troll. All you have to do is point and grunt.J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and above all, those who live without love.J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Quoted: Dumbledore
Eat this, you'll feel better.J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter series
Quoted: Remus Lupin
Chocolate is used to treat the effects of a dementor attack.
Hagrid had been known to befriend giant spiders, buy vicious, three-headed dogs from men in pubs and sneak illegal dragon eggs into his cabin.J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
He could hear an insect humming gently somewhere behind the curtain. His eyelids began to droop.J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
He's a boisterous little boy, but he wouldn't hurt a fly!J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Honestly, if you were any slower, you'd be going backward.J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Quoted: Malfoy
I didn't think there was anything in the universe more important than homework.J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Quoted: Ron
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that.J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Quoted: Dumbledore
It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Quoted: Dumbledore
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.J.K. Rowling
Never tickle a sleeping dragon.J.K. Rowling
Perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Quoted: Dumbledore
The truth. ... It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Quoted: Dumbledore
There are far, far worse things in the living world than dying.J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Quoted: Dumbledore
There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Quoted: You know who
This is the most complicated potion I've ever seen. .. Lacewing flies, leeches, fluxweed and knotgrass.J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Quoted: Hermione
We could all have been killed - or worse, expelled.J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Well, he should have some chocolate, at the very least.J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Quoted: Madam Pomfrey
What's life without a few dragons?J.K. Rowling
You could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist!J.K. Rowling
Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Quoted: Hermione
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
Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Quoted: Dumbledore
