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THE MARAUDER'S MAP


J.K. Rowling

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We solemnly swear that we are up to no good. On this fortnight of October 31st, 1975, the four Marau...
MORDRED Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs,” sighed George, patting the heading of the map. “We owe th...
J.K. ROWLING Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs,” sighed George, patting the heading of the map. “We owe th...
FRED AND GEORGE WEASLEY Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nos...
J.K. ROWLING Draco: "Hermione Granger, I’m being bossed around by Hermione Granger."
— J.K. Rowling (Ha...
J.K. ROWLING LDraco: "Hermione Granger, I’m being bossed around by Hermione Granger."
— J.K. Rowling (H...
J.K. ROWLING If you want life-long friendship and selfless camaraderie, join the army and learn to kill.
If ...
J.K. ROWLING Fru Weasley vækkede dem tidligt den følgende onsdag.

Efter en let morgenmad bestående ...
J.K. ROWLING We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's wh...
J.K. ROWLING As though an invisible hand were writing upon it, words appeared on the smooth surface of the map. "...
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING Wherever I am, if I've got a book with me, I have a place I can go and be happy."

[Har...
J.K. ROWLING My job as a writer is simple.
Write a book I’m proud of,
and present it as a gift to the...
KATHLEEN BALDWIN ...ultimately, all diseases are magical diseases...

("Gas Station Carnival")
THOMAS LIGOTTI I definitely look up to Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, and J.K. Rowling.
VICTORIA AVEYARD bookshops are
time machines
spaceships
story-makers
secret-keepers
dragon-...
JEN CAMPBELL When it comes
to love
do not ever
settle
for anything
less than magical.
SANOBER KHAN We are the music-makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers...
ARTHUR O'SHAUGHNESSY But bid life seize the present?
It lives less in the present
Than in the future always, ...
ROBERT FROST I am attracted to the idea
of your lips
exploring my body
as if it were a map
an...
RYANGPOET Dork," I chastised affectionately. But his cheesy exclamation was something I was okay with. I smile...
SARAH BROCIOUS We stick to the magical places in the world,” Asahi clarified.

“Places like the MBRC,...
K.M. SHEA My job as a writer is simple. Write a book I’m proud of, and present it as a gift to the world. KATHLEEN BALDWIN Short lives,

bouncing harmlessly as a cloth doll on grandma’s lap.

Small hel...
BRIAN D'AMBROSIO I’d won the world
but like a
forsaken explorer,
I’d lost
my map.
ANNE SEXTON we are at the crossroads, my little outlaw,
and this is the map of my heart, the landscape
RICHARD SIKEN Men, altså – Harry,” vedblev kæmpen og vendte sig bort fra den skræmte Dursley-familie.
...
J.K. ROWLING KEY OF LIFE

The key of life
Symbolizes the map
Of existence.
Once you free...
SUZY KASSEM - Mr. Berg, Are you an Afrikaner?
- Yes
-And are you proud of it?
-I am not ashamed o...
ALAN PATON This is a day of celebration!
Today, we are divorcing the past
and marrying the present. KAMAND KOJOURI The summer has seized you,
as when, last month in Amalfi, I saw
lemons as large as your de...
ANNE SEXTON He turned to me, mischief glinting in his eyes. “How
do they celebrate good fortune in Bharat...
ROSHANI CHOKSHI Maximum Rocknroll
didn't have a map section.
How was I supposed to know
that B...
BUCKY SINISTER One touch of nature makes the whole world kin,
That all with one consent praise new-born gauds,...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE One time in your life
You've got the route in hand
But the map is stuck
They said it...
TEGAN QUIN i'm sorry
if i
wasn't
the daughter
you had
in mind
-i only ever wante...
AMANDA LOVELACE Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future
And time future contain...
T.S. ELIOT The "norm" for humanity is love.
Brutality is an aberration.
We are not sinners by nature....
JACK D. FORBES What are you up to?”

“Oh, you know, mischief and mayhem,” he replied.

�...
J. LYNN It is not enough to be electors only.
It is necessary to be law-makers;
otherwise those ...
B.R. AMBEDKAR For Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
ISAAC WATTS Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!
There are points to be scored. There are gam...
DR. SEUSS This is an ode to life.
The anthem of the world.
For as there are billions
of differe...
KAMAND KOJOURI And there you are
on the shore,

fitful and thoughtful, trying
to attach them ...
MARY OLIVER RELATIONSHIPS & THE INNER BEING

The other is a mirror of our own face; the other is ...
SWAMI DHYAN GITEN I plan for all obstacles,
I prepare with care,
I worry endlessly
for the road ahead...
VIJAYA GOWRISANKAR There she was, the mother of me, like a lit plinth,
Heavenly, though I was reared to find this ...
LUCIE BROCK-BROIDO Freeways flickering; cell phones chiming a tune
We're riding to Utopia; road map says we'll be ...
EAGLES A great ring of pure & endless light
Dazzles the darkness in my heart
And breaks apart...
MADELEINE L'ENGLE It's so hard to express yourself.'
I understand this.'
I want to express myself.'
Th...
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER In every Magical, or similar system, it is invariably the first condition which the Aspirant must fu...
ALEISTER CROWLEY I am alone here in my own mind.
There is no map
and there is no road.
It is one of...
ANNE SEXTON One simple glance can convey to your recipient that you are . . .
• Present
• Interest...
SUSAN C. YOUNG And who are you, the proud Lord said
that I must bow so low?
Only a cat of a different co...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Proud of my broken heart since thou didst break it,
Proud of the pain I did not feel till thee, EMILY DICKINSON We never had any doubt that Harry Potter and his world came from the rich and extraordinary imaginat...
BARBARA MARCUS That old man over there
Is selling trinkets made of stones
That old woman the entire world...
AVIJEET DAS Others, I am not the first,
Have willed more mischief than they durst:
If in the breathles...
A.E. HOUSMAN In Blackwater Woods

Look, the trees
are turning
their own bodies
in...
MARY OLIVER The present: It is interesting that the “NOW" is called "the present.” The present is the ultima...
MICHAEL SMITH I don’t exist
metal pressed to pages
spilling blood, ink
in vein each thought rages...
ABBY MUSGROVE The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As...
BOB DYLAN Look, the trees
are turning
their own bodies
into pillars

of light,
a...
MARY OLIVER Shrinking in a corner,
pressed into the wall;
do they know I'm present,
am I here at ...
LANG LEAV SUN, MOON, AND STARRY SKY

Early summer evenings, when the first stars come out, the warm ...
VERA NAZARIAN Love ~ Truth ~ Freedom
are three words that mean the same,
and none may exist without th...
ALEXIA PENTELEόN DE ARCTURI COMPLETELY.
Utterly.
Frozen.
My eyes drop to the table in front of me when she fin...
COLLEEN HOOVER I'm flattered to be compared to (J.K.) Rowling because I think she's done an incredible amount for r...
CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI The journey of reinvention is one of raw emotions
Emerging from dormancy
Surprising as a p...
DAVE RUDBARG Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
ALBUS DUMBLEDORE Fly Generation

We stand tall, we stand proud, we are the ‘fly’ generation
We thi...
SAAHIL PREM Dear Human:
You've got it all wrong.

You didn't come here to master unconditional lo...
COURTNEY A. WALSH i smoke and i drink
and every time i blink
i have a tiny dream

but as bad as i am ...
ANI DIFRANCO A map says to you.
Read me carefully, follow me closely, doubt me not...
I am the earth in...
BERYL MARKHAM Every group of friends has that one experience that, no matter where you are you carry it with you f...
DR. KARAN M PAI Sour Milk

You can't make it
turn sweet
again.
Once
it was an innocen...
DIANE WAKOSKI who are you
really?

you are not a name
or a height, or a weight
or a gende...
M.K There is no happiness where there is no wisdom;
No wisdom but in submission to the gods.
Big w...
SOPHOCLES Why is my love for you, dyed in wool?
What is the hindrance to moving on?

Why in lov...
ZUBAIR AHSAN The Warm Welcome of Hospitality. Walt Disney World is the epitome of world-class customer service. E...
SUSAN C. YOUNG The Pekes and the Pollicles, everyone knows,
Are proud and implacable, passionate foes;
I...
T.S. ELIOT These are the few ways we can practice humility:

To speak as little as possible of one's ...
MOTHER TERESA We had a script reading, and that's where we met J.K. Rowling, which was really exciting.
RUPERT GRINT Three dot, a trinity, a way to map the universe,
three dot.
PETER GABRIEL I held out the rune for Hearthstone. ‘I know what it feels like to be an empty cup, to have everyt...
RICK RIORDAN Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts! Unsex me here,
And fill me from the crown ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE V'lane: Are you busy tomorrow MacKayla ?
Barrons: She's working on old texts with me.
V'la...
KAREN MARIE MONING For me,
you are fresh water
that falls from trees
when it has stopped raining. For me...
KAMAND KOJOURI A Litany for Survival

For those of us who live at the shoreline
standing upon...
AUDRE LORDE THE BARROW

In this high field strewn with stones
I walk by a green mound,
It...
ANTHONY THWAITE You gave me Christopher Robin, and then
You breathed new life in Pooh.
Whatever of each ...
A.A. MILNE BEWARE OF THOSE

Beware of those who are bitter,
For they will never allow you
T...
SUZY KASSEM you've got to burn
straight up and down
and then maybe sidewise
for a while
and ...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI Think of the Christmas present
of gashes you opened when, in an attempt
to be Superman, y...
KRISTEN HENDERSON when we were kids
laying around the lawn
on our
bellies

we often talked CHARLES BUKOWSKI The Genius Of The Crowd

there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the avera...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI I write poetry, worry, smile,
laugh
sleep
continue for a while
just like most of...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI Oppression

Now dreams
Are not available
To the dreamers,
Nor songs
To...
LANGSTON HUGHES When people pose the question, are you “coxom”, Tom Conrad? I like to pose a question back at th...
TOM CONRAD They stay in my mind, these beautiful people,
or anyway beautiful people to me, of which
t...
MARY OLIVER there is a loneliness in this world so great
that you can see it in the slow movement of
t...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI

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J.K. ROWLING As Ginny and Hermione moved closer to the rest of the family, Harry had a clear view of the bodies l...
J.K. ROWLING Harry, guess what?" said Tonks from her perch on top of the washing machine, and she wiggled her lef...
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“We’ve got about a minute...
J.K. ROWLING Well, hello, Peter,” said Lupin pleasantly, as though rats frequently erupted into old school frie...
J.K. ROWLING You can exist without your soul, you know, as long as your brain and heart are still working. But yo...
J.K. ROWLING And this is Nymphadora-"
"Don't call me Nymphadora, Remus," said the young witch with a shudder...
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J.K. ROWLING And don't forget: Elvendork! It's unisex! - James Potter
J.K. ROWLING And don’t forget: Elvendork! It’s unisex!
J.K. ROWLING I will if you go out with me, Evans
J.K. ROWLING Sirius looked out of the fire at Harry, a crease between his sunken eyes.
“You’re less lik...
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J.K. ROWLING Then you should have died!" Roared Black. "Died rather than betray your friends, as we would have do...
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J.K. ROWLING Lily and James only made you Secret-Keeper because I suggested it,” Black hissed, so venomously th...
J.K. ROWLING Oh, for heaven’s sake, Sirius, Dumbledore said no!”

A bearlike black dog had appeared...
J.K. ROWLING Well, [bad] times like that bring out the best in some people and the worst in others.
J.K. ROWLING Why would I go looking for someone I know wants to kill me?
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J.K. ROWLING He's not a child!" said Sirius impatiently.

"He's not an adult either!" said Mrs. Weasley...
J.K. ROWLING You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us?
J.K. ROWLING You don’t understand — there are things worth dying for!
J.K. ROWLING He might have crawled up into the airing cupboard and died, but I mustn't get my hopes up.
J.K. ROWLING Remus Lupin: I am not being ridiculous. Tonks deserves somebody young and whole.
Mr. Weasley: B...
J.K. ROWLING What you fear most of all is-fear.
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J.K. ROWLING Not at all up to your usual standard, Hermione. Only one out of three, I’m afraid. I have not been...
J.K. ROWLING Loony, Loopy Lupin.
J.K. ROWLING Harry -- yer a wizard.
J.K. ROWLING Sometimes you remind me a lot of James. He called it my 'furry little problem' in company. Many peop...
J.K. ROWLING Well, you're expelling us aren't you?" said Ron.
"Not today, Mr. Weasley."
Snape looked as...
J.K. ROWLING First sign of madness, talking to your own head.
J.K. ROWLING Well, that won’t matter if they turn out to cure seasickness or something, will it?” said Ron, g...
J.K. ROWLING thought it sounded a bit like Percy singing . . . maybe you’ve got to attack him while he’s i...
J.K. ROWLING Well, I can certainly see why we’re trying to keep them alive,” said Malfoy sarcastically. “Wh...
J.K. ROWLING Now, Ron, the Sorting’s much more important than food,” said Nearly Headless Nick as “Madley, ...
J.K. ROWLING Bagman swore loudly. ‘Damn them!’ he said, looking quite distracted,
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J.K. ROWLING I might be seeing you all sooner than you think,” said Charlie, grinning, as he hugged Ginny good-...
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J.K. ROWLING Right little ray of sunshine, aren’t you?” said Ron. “You and Professor Trelawney should get t...
J.K. ROWLING He wrenched the hangings shut around his four-poster, leaving Harry standing there by the door, star...
J.K. ROWLING Ron’s voice now joined the others’. “What are we doing here? Has something gone wrong?” “O...
J.K. ROWLING sporadic howls from the ghoul who lived in the attic.
J.K. ROWLING Bill and Charlie both had their wands out, and were making two battered old tables fly high above th...
J.K. ROWLING Sirius shook his head and said, “She’s got the measure of Crouch better than you have, Ron. If y...
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J.K. ROWLING What?” Ron bellowed furiously. “Four? You lousy, biased scumbag, you gave Krum ten!” But Harry...
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J.K. ROWLING Harry heard the final, quavering note from the bagpipe with relief.
J.K. ROWLING Dobby non può permettere che Harry Potter si perde il suo rosso!
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J.K. ROWLING Oh,’ said Mr Crouch, looking over at Percy in mild surprise. ‘Yes – thank you, Weatherby.’ F...
J.K. ROWLING Good one,” said Ron, copying it down. “Because of . . . erm . . . Mercury. Why don’t you...
J.K. ROWLING Myrtle," Harry said slowly, "how am I supposed to breathe?"

At this, Myrtle's eyes filled...
J.K. ROWLING I asked you,” said Moody quietly, “whether he forgave the scum who never even went to look for h...
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J.K. ROWLING Hagrid was wearing his best (and very horrible) hairy brown suit, plus a checked yellow-and-orange t...
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J.K. ROWLING They sat down at the Gryffindor table and helped themselves to lamb chops and potatoes. Hermione beg...
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J.K. ROWLING I like a healthy breeze ’round my privates, thanks.
J.K. ROWLING Moody limped around the table and bent down; Harry thought he was reading the S.P.E.W. notebook, unt...
J.K. ROWLING Hagrid was wearing his best (and very horrible) hairy brown suit, plus a checked yellow-and-orange t...
J.K. ROWLING Well, they’re okay!” said Ron angrily, looking at Harry’s robes. “Why couldn’t I have some...
J.K. ROWLING Draco Malfoy, the amazing bouncing ferret …
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J.K. ROWLING The words came out before Harry had quite got his tongue around them. “Wangoballwime?” “Sorry?...
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J.K. ROWLING It’s got to be a pretty boring life, hasn’t it, being a hat?
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J.K. ROWLING He’ll accept anyone at Hogwarts, s’long as they’ve got the talent. Knows people can turn out O...
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J.K. ROWLING I’ve got two Neptunes here,” said Harry after a while, frowning down at his piece of parchment, ...
J.K. ROWLING E' strano, ma quando si ha paura di qualcosa, e si darebbe tutto per rallentare il tempo, quest'ulti...
J.K. ROWLING Snape, of course, would no sooner let them play games in class than adopt Harry.
J.K. ROWLING But I had my wand hidden up my sleeve," he assured Padma Patil,... [Ron revising the story in the 2n...
J.K. ROWLING A week ago, Harry would have said finding a partner for a dance would be a cinch compared to taking ...
J.K. ROWLING Curiosity is not a sin,” he said. “But we should exercise caution with our curiosity . . . ye...
J.K. ROWLING Harry Potter has to go into the lake and find his Wheezy—"
"Find my what?"
"—and take ...
J.K. ROWLING Well, if they’re any bigger than this lot, even Hagrid won’t be able to handle them,” said Har...
J.K. ROWLING Not going to have a very good month, are you?” she said sardonically as Crookshanks curled up in h...
J.K. ROWLING I haven’t got a clue what this lot’s supposed to mean,” he said, staring down at a long list o...
J.K. ROWLING You all righ'?"
"Yeah,"
"No yeh're not... 'Course yeh're not. But yeh will be.
J.K. ROWLING Harry had been picturing his parents’ deaths over and over again for three years now, ever since h...
J.K. ROWLING Not a week has passed since I became headmaster of this school when I haven’t had at least one owl...
J.K. ROWLING That’s not the song it sang when it Sorted us,” said Harry, clapping along with everyone else. �...
J.K. ROWLING Death,
J.K. ROWLING Oh it was my pleasure, dears,” said Mrs. Weasley. “I’d invite you for Christmas, but … well,...
J.K. ROWLING He speaks over two hundred! Mermish and Gobbledegook and Troll …” “Anyone can speak Troll,” ...
J.K. ROWLING Acıyı bir süreliğine uyuşturmak, sonunda onu hissettiğinde daha da büyük acı çekmene yol a...
J.K. ROWLING Ah, this is your cousin, is it, Harry?” said Mr. Weasley, taking another brave stab at making conv...
J.K. ROWLING The Ministry of Magic does not wish me to tell you this. It is possible that some of your parents wi...
J.K. ROWLING Thought I’d send this with Pig anyway. Harry stared at the word “Pig,” then looked up at the t...
J.K. ROWLING What’s that?” said Ron, pointing at a large dish of some sort of shellfish stew that stood besid...
J.K. ROWLING The school nurse had seen what Aunt Petunia’s eyes — so sharp when it came to spotting fingerpri...
J.K. ROWLING I will settle, in the short term,” said Dumbledore, with a bite of impatience in his voice, “for...
J.K. ROWLING if you are holding out for universal popularity, I’m afraid you will be in this cabin for a very l...
J.K. ROWLING Mrs. Weasley glanced at the grandfather clock in the corner. Harry liked this clock. It was complete...
J.K. ROWLING It’s all in Hogwarts, A History. Though, of course, that book’s not entirely reliable. A Revised...
J.K. ROWLING So, Harry,' said Dumbledore quietly. "Before you got lost in my thoughts, you wanted to tell me some...
J.K. ROWLING He will stay, Minerva, because he needs to understand,’ said Dumbledore curtly. ‘Understanding i...
J.K. ROWLING I have gone temporarily deaf and haven't any idea what you said, Harry,' said Dumbledore, twiddling ...
J.K. ROWLING Cedric Diggory was an extremely handsome boy of around seventeen. He was Captain and Seeker of the H...
J.K. ROWLING The truth is generally preferable to lies...
J.K. ROWLING Hermione, Harry and Ron still seem to want to know you, judging by the way they were attempting to b...
J.K. ROWLING If they say yes, send Pig back with your answer pronto, and we’ll come and get you at five o’clo...
J.K. ROWLING Oh, shut up, Weatherby.
J.K. ROWLING Aaaaah,” said Ron, imitating Professor Trelawney’s mystical whisper, “when two Neptunes appear...
J.K. ROWLING Kill the spare.

-Voldemort
J.K. ROWLING What would come, would come...and he would have to meet it when it did.
J.K. ROWLING What he really wanted (and it felt almost shameful to admit it to himself) was someone like — some...
J.K. ROWLING Who’s avoiding you?” said Ron, sitting down next to them. “Wish you would,” said Fred, looki...
J.K. ROWLING We’ve been hearing explosions out of their room for ages, but we never thought they were actually ...
J.K. ROWLING Harry -
I'm flying north immediately. This news about your scar is the latest in a series of st...
J.K. ROWLING He wasn't sure if he wanted to talk to him or hit him, both seemed quite appealing...
J.K. ROWLING But I think Durmstrang must be somewhere in the far north," said Hermione thoughtfully. "Somewhere v...
J.K. ROWLING Percy wouldn’t recognize a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing Dobby’s tea cozy.
J.K. ROWLING So...you lot got dates for the ball yet?"
"Nope," said Ron.
"Well, you'd better hurry up m...
J.K. ROWLING Come seek us where our voices sound, We cannot sing above the ground, And while you’re searching, ...
J.K. ROWLING Harry took a deep, steadying breath and then said, “Okay, I can’t see the World Cup. Can I go no...
J.K. ROWLING A team of doctors had examined the bodies and had concluded that none of the Riddles had been poison...
J.K. ROWLING Aren't you two ever going to read Hogwarts, A History?"

"What's the point?" said Ron. "Yo...
J.K. ROWLING He was going to be armed with his wand - which, just now, felt like nothing more than a narrow strip...
J.K. ROWLING Remember Cedric. Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is ri...
J.K. ROWLING The words came out before Harry had quite got his tongue around them.
“Wangoballwime?”
J.K. ROWLING But I was willing to embrace mortal life again, before chasing immortality.
J.K. ROWLING Giggling should be made illegal.
J.K. ROWLING OH NO YOU DON’T, LADDIE!”
Harry spun around. Professor Moody was limping down the marble st...
J.K. ROWLING There are those who'll turn innocent occasions to their advantage.
J.K. ROWLING Worst that can happen is Hagrid’ll have to get rid of the skrewts. Sorry ... did I say worst? I me...
J.K. ROWLING The fridge had been emptied of all Dudley’s favorite things — fizzy drinks and cakes, chocolate ...
J.K. ROWLING Professor Snape was forcing them to research antidotes. They took this one seriously, as he had hint...
J.K. ROWLING Bubotubers,” Professor Sprout told them briskly. “They need squeezing. You will collect the pus ...
J.K. ROWLING Wow!” said Dennis, as though nobody in their wildest dreams could hope for more than being ...
J.K. ROWLING Half an hour later, each of them had been given a complicated circular chart, and was attempting to ...
J.K. ROWLING We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy. ~Albus Dumbledore
J.K. ROWLING I just wondered where you —” Ron broke off, shrugging. “Nothing. I’m going back to bed.” J.K. ROWLING He had no memory of ever being hugged like this, as though by a mother. The full weight of everythin...
J.K. ROWLING Completely forgetting about dinner, he walked slowly back up to Gryffindor tower. Cho's voice echoin...
J.K. ROWLING She’s a veela!” he said hoarsely to Harry.
“Of course she isn’t!” said Hermion...
J.K. ROWLING I was ripped from my body, I was less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost . . . but still, I wa...
J.K. ROWLING He knew one thing only, and it was beyond fear or reason: He was not going to die crouching here lik...
J.K. ROWLING You know your mother, Malfoy?” said Harry “That expression she’s got, like she’s got ...
J.K. ROWLING I hate being poor.
J.K. ROWLING As Hagrid had said, what would come would come and he would have to meet it when it did.
J.K. ROWLING Enjoying it? I don’t reckon he’d come home if Dad didn’t make him. He’s obsessed. Just don�...
J.K. ROWLING Play to your strengths."

"I haven’t got any," said Harry, before he could stop himself....
J.K. ROWLING Oh you is a bad elf, Dobby!
J.K. ROWLING No, I'm fine,' said Harry, wondering why he kept telling people this, and wondering whether he had e...
J.K. ROWLING She can't keep writing about what a tragic little hero I am, it'll get boring.
J.K. ROWLING You’re JOKING!” said Fred Weasley loudly.
The tension that had filled the Hall ever since M...
J.K. ROWLING Yeah you can have a word," said Harry savagely. "Good-bye.
J.K. ROWLING Oh, shut up Weatherby.
J.K. ROWLING Hello, Professor McGonagall,” said Moody calmly, bouncing the ferret still higher.
“What �...
J.K. ROWLING He sounds exactly like Moody," said Harry quietly, tucking the letter away again inside his robes. "...
J.K. ROWLING Harry, Cedric, I suggest you both go up to bed," said Dumbledore, smiling at both of them. "I am sur...
J.K. ROWLING Muggle women wear them, Archie, not the men, they wear these,' said the Ministry wizard, and he bran...
J.K. ROWLING Really Hagrid, if you are holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin...
J.K. ROWLING Well, I’m sure you’ll find someone somewhere who’ll have you.
J.K. ROWLING Of course we still want to know you!" Harry said, staring at Hagrid.
"You don't think anything ...
J.K. ROWLING Aaah ... when two Neptunes appear in the sky it is a sure sign that a midget in glasses is being bor...
J.K. ROWLING Wild!" Ron said, twiddling the replay knob on the side. "I can make that old bloke down there pick h...
J.K. ROWLING She should've interviewed Snape," said Harry grimly. "He'd give her the goods on me any day. "Pot...
J.K. ROWLING But Ron was staring at Hermione as though suddenly seeing her in a whole new light.
“Hermione...
J.K. ROWLING I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memor...
J.K. ROWLING Ron's indignation on his behalf was worth about a hundred points to him.
J.K. ROWLING I have gone temporarily deaf and haven't any idea what you said, Harry.
J.K. ROWLING You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!
J.K. ROWLING I thought it sounded a bit like Percy singing... maybe you've got to attack him while he's in the sh...
J.K. ROWLING We're coming or you whether the Muggles like it or not, you can't miss the World Cup, only Mum and D...
J.K. ROWLING Well, you can't break an Unbreakable Vow...."
"I'd worked that much out for myself, funnily eno...
J.K. ROWLING Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and wha...
J.K. ROWLING I love magic!
J.K. ROWLING Well, I can certainly see why we're trying to keep them alive. Who wouldn't want pets that can burn,...
J.K. ROWLING Love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves it's own mark. To have been loved so deeply, even t...
J.K. ROWLING He wished he could rip out his heart, his innards, everything that was screaming inside him...
J.K. ROWLING Potter wasn't such an unusual name. He was sure there were lots of people called Potter who had a so...
J.K. ROWLING I do believe something magical can happen when you read a good book
J.K. ROWLING Wandering around at midnight, Ickle Firsties? Tut, tut, tut. Naughty, naughty, you'll get caughty.
J.K. ROWLING Shooting stars all over Britain? Owls flying by daylight? Mysterious people in cloaks all over the p...
J.K. ROWLING Scars can come in handy. I have one myself above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Un...
J.K. ROWLING Why do you live?
Because I have something worth living for.
J.K. ROWLING I am not forgotten, you know, no, I still receive a very great deal of fan mail.
. . . Gladys G...
J.K. ROWLING Oh, these people's minds work in strange ways, Petunia, they're not like you and me," said Uncle Ver...
J.K. ROWLING