Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING Then you should have died! Died, rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you!
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING There are always two choices. Two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often. Best to say nothing at all, my dear man.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING As though an invisible hand were writing upon it, words appeared on the smooth surface of the map. "...
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING I write every day, on some days 10 or eleven hours, but sometimes only three hours, it depends if I ...
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING "To me it's not a ... This is my ... This is my ... I was going to say this is my life. It's not my ...
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING There is no good and evil, there is only power... and those too weak to seek it.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. (Dumbledore)
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING George: "You haven't got a letter on your's [Ron's jumper] I suppose she [Mrs. Weasly] thinks you do...
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING Poverty is a lot like childbirth - you know it is going to hurt before it happens, but you'll never ...
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING >in Divintation< Lavender: >squealing< Oooo! Professor look! I found an unknown planet! Professor Tr...
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that not...
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING It matters not what a person is born, but who they choose to be.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equa...
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING Indifference and neglect often do more damage than outright dislike.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING ...someone might slip dragon dung in it again eh, Perce?" said Fred. "That was a sample of fertilise...
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING He'll never be gone - not as long as those who remain are loyal to him.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING >in divination< Harry: Wait, I've got two neptunes, that cant be right!Ron: >imitating professor tre...
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING 'Enjoying it?' I don't reckon he'd come home if Dad didn't make him. He's obsessed. Just don't get h...
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING You're a prefect? Oh Ronnie! That's everyone in the family!" [Molly Weasley]"What are Fred and I? Ne...
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING I will carry on writing, to be sure. But I don't know if I would want to publish again.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than for being right.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love...
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING There's enough filth on my robes without you touching them.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING Sport is a very important subject at school, that's why I gave Quidditch such an important place at ...
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING But you are normal!" said Harry fiercely. "You've just got a-a problem-"Lupin burst out laughing. "S...
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING It is important to remember that we all have magic inside us.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING Ah music....a magic far beyond anything done here.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING Most important in a friendship? Tolerance and loyalty.
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING "To me it's not a ... This is my ... This is my ... I was going to say this is my life. It's not my ...
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia.
JOANNE HARRIS People would beat me up after school; they would throw names at me. Children are brutal... Being dif...
JOANNE LIU I build confidence when I practice a variety of shots - hitting it high or low, working the ball. A ...
JOANNE CARNER Sex is like snow, you never know how many inches you're going to get or how long it will last
JOANNE WOODWARD Children are knives, my mother once said. They don’t mean to, but they cut. And yet we cling to th...
JOANNE HARRIS You need a balance in life. You just cannot be all the time on an adrenalin peak. You need to rechar...
JOANNE LIU I'm completely allergic to being politically correct.
JOANNE LIU Sometimes in your career, you are at the right place at the right moment. But you have to be aware t...
JOANNE LIU Fashion does seem to have a '20s comeback every few seasons, and I completely see why. It's ...
JOANNE FROGGATT I have to admit, I go through phases of being good and bad. When I'm being good, I go to the gym...
JOANNE FROGGATT People inspire me. Every day, I meet amazing individuals in the field. When I see a mother who has w...
JOANNE LIU Of course I didn't pioneer the use of food in fiction: it has been a standard literary device si...
JOANNE HARRIS I let it go. It's like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are...
JOANNE HARRIS Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.
JOANNE HARRIS I find littering very annoying. It's a minor but also a major thing: a society that litters is o...
JOANNE HARRIS My heroes and heroines are often unlikely people who are dragged into situations without meaning to ...
JOANNE HARRIS are you a victim or volunteer in your unhappy, failing relationship.
JOANNE WILLIAMS you can't hold on and let go to (at the sametime) of you worthless, unhappy, failing relationship
JOANNE WILLIAMS In the old days of literature, only the very thick-skinned - or the very brilliant - dared enter the...
JOANNE HARRIS Have you ever met someone for the first time, but in your heart you feel as if you’ve met them bef...
JOANNE KENRICK The effects of the attacks against health facilities emanate far beyond those immediately killed and...
JOANNE LIU I'm quite an untidy person in a lot of ways. But order makes me happy. I have to have a clear de...
JOANNE HARRIS She also won the gold medal in the Super Quiz and essay components. I've done essay judging since I ...
JOANNE ARGYRES Many other schools have strong programs, too, but Rick Pillsbury's Casa Grande teams are exceptional...
JOANNE ARGYRES They have much larger student bodies to select team members from, and some of them have as many as e...
JOANNE ARGYRES The interest is so intense at some Southern California schools that students might start rioting if ...
JOANNE ARGYRES Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh ...
JOANNE WOODWARD In true-life dramas, you have to do so much research. It's a big responsibility to make sure thi...
JOANNE FROGGATT Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh e...
JOANNE WOODWARD Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh e...
JOANNE WOODWARD It sounds like to me it's a secondhand store.
JOANNE WHEELER I was not a very good mother. I was always running out to do a movie or something. If I had to do it...
JOANNE WOODWARD My agent asked if I fancied Robin Hood and I thought: 'Yeah, why not?' I hadn't watched ...
JOANNE FROGGATT Wild birds will kill exotic ones: the budgies and the lovebirds and the yellow canaries-- escaped fr...
JOANNE HARRIS You know what editing can do. The editing on that show can be so cruel.
JOANNE SCHEER Our entire livelihood is based on passengers coming in here, and there are a lot of islands competin...
JOANNE BOHR I had a great grandmother who believed in so many strange superstitions. She used to tell the future...
JOANNE HARRIS People reveal so much of their mental processes online, simply because the psychological effect of a...
JOANNE HARRIS The fragrance that suits me best is Romance by Ralph Lauren. It seems to blend into my chemistry, so...
JOANNE FROGGATT Not that a promise means much to a demon - or a god.
JOANNE HARRIS There's good news and slightly less good news.
JOANNE HARRIS Most problems can be solved through cake.
JOANNE HARRIS Sticks and stones may break my bones’, as they say in the Middle Worlds, but with the right words ...
JOANNE HARRIS An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
No one's immune to bribery.
JOANNE HARRIS And Odin should have known from the first that perfect Order does not bend; it simply stands until i...
JOANNE HARRIS The dead know everything, but don't give a damn.
JOANNE HARRIS Better a king in the gutter,' he said, 'than a slave in an emperor's place
JOANNE HARRIS Well, that's history for you, folks. Unfair, untrue and for the most part written by folk who weren'...
JOANNE HARRIS They tell you revenge isn't worth it. I say there's nothing finer.
JOANNE HARRIS Work. Like pain, I sensed that this was an experience I would want to avoid as often as possible.
JOANNE HARRIS Loki, that's me. Loki, the Light-Bringer, the misunderstood, the elusive, the handsome and modest he...
JOANNE HARRIS A demon, if you prefer the term; although to be honest, the difference between god and a demon is re...
JOANNE HARRIS Change isn't always comfortable, but it is a fact of life.
JOANNE HARRIS After all, words are what remain when all the deeds have been done. Words can shatter faith; start a...
JOANNE HARRIS A named thing is a tamed thing.
JOANNE HARRIS Our lives are like these things I make. Turn 'em, build 'em, bake 'em in fire. That's what you've be...
JOANNE HARRIS You seem to know a lot about it," she said. "And you do subtleties."
"Yeah. Like I've always wa...
JOANNE HARRIS Nat Parson says it's the devil's mark."
"Nat Parson's a gobshite."
Maddy was torn between ...
JOANNE HARRIS Was it my fault that I got out of hand?
--Loki
JOANNE HARRIS I know you,” said Maddy. “You’re -“
“What’s a name?” Loki grinned. “Wear it lik...
JOANNE HARRIS But I rather thought--I mean, I heard you'd killed Balder the Fair."
"I never did," snapped Lok...
JOANNE HARRIS Gods? Don't let that impress you. Anyone can be a god if they have enough worshippers. You don't eve...
JOANNE HARRIS A man may plant a tree for a number of reasons. Perhaps he likes trees. Perhaps he wants shelter. Or...
JOANNE HARRIS I speak as I must and cannot be silent.
JOANNE HARRIS A thing named is a thing tamed.
JOANNE HARRIS The dead know everything but they don't give a damn.
JOANNE HARRIS Your wolf is eating that man. I thought you should know.
JOANNE HARRIS There's a windy, strong northerly ebb tide making rescue efforts difficult, ... Very soon, most like...
JOANNE HAYES That’s the last time I put you in charge of the tequila when we’re making margaritas
JOANNE KENRICK For the record I've been a trustee over nine years and I can probably count on one hand the number o...
JOANNE FIELD If you procrastinate, it's going to cost you, literally.
JOANNE VETO Once when I'd been in a lot of bunkers, my caddie told me he was getting blisters from raking so muc...
JOANNE CARNER His truck was all shot at. He saw his friend being dragged out and being stoned first. And the guy i...
JOANNE BRADSHAW I want them to be excited about being there, but not satisfied. It's like what (athletic director) S...
JOANNE BOYLE For me, the magic of Hawaii comes from the stillness, the sea, the stars.
JOANNE HARRIS I don't like getting myself in hot water. But suddenly I find that every minute I have to stop a...
JOANNE WOODWARD He screamed out and I stopped the car. I saw the bullet hole \[in the door\] and I looked in the sea...
JOANNE SANABRIA I think sometimes she overdoes it. She obsessively wants to do a few (jumps) too many.
JOANNE MCLEOD It's a relatively low starting salary, about half of what I have been making. But I believe with my ...
JOANNE JOHNSON As the resources get tighter, we have to get smarter.
JOANNE KLINE When something is dramatized, it provokes a much more emotive response than just hearing a story on ...
JOANNE FROGGATT Hollywood has its Oscars. Television has its Emmys. Broadway has its Tonys. And advertising has its ...
JOANNE LIPMAN My daughter, the one who lives nearby, is raising her children to be very much aware. We went on a n...
JOANNE WOODWARD I used to be neurotic. I didn't like myself very much. But somewhere in my mid-40s, my neuroses ...
JOANNE WOODWARD The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work
JOANNE CIULLA She had a rocky first game. But Tiffany has really responded.
JOANNE GRAF A black cat crossed my path, and I stopped to dance around it widdershins and to sing the rhyme,
JOANNE HARRIS Long before we even lose our lives, we lose our souls. Tragic but true. Some carry on—willing to m...
JOANNE CRISNER We lose our soul, to find our life.
JOANNE CRISNER There are no changes planned to the employment levels of the personal-lines division in Winston-Sale...
JOANNE KRELL Be the kind of woman who, when your feet hit the floor each morning, the devil says "Oh, no! She's u...
JOANNE CLANCY Sexiness wears thin after awhile and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh ev...
JOANNE WOODWARD The question at this point is not whether Secretary Rumsfeld should resign, it's whether he should b...
JOANNE MARINER There can be no one best way of organizing a business.
JOANNE WOODWARD I am very interested in the renovation, and we will continue to support [Friends of the Strand], ......
JOANNE WOODWARD We've been lucky to find the perfect person for the job. Tazewell has wit and humor, and a real sens...
JOANNE WOODWARD Never underestimate the power of a kind word nor your ability to ward off the opposite; both will ma...
JOANNE SANDY It takes a certain degree of egotism to attack others in order to make yourself feel better and a gr...
JOANNE SANDY Intensity is so much more becoming in the young.
JOANNE WOODWARD She just wanted to be in it. I'm excited. I did the same play when I was in high school. I still rem...
JOANNE WOODWARD We'd done the main thing that I was anxious to do.
JOANNE WOODWARD Which Christmas is the most vivid to me? It's always the next Christmas."
JOANNE WOODWARD I was down in Washington when 9/11 happened. We were in the middle of putting together the next summ...
JOANNE WOODWARD I could do with a bit more excess. From now on I'm going to be immoderate--and volatile--I shall enj...
JOANNE HARRIS The great thing about books is that you can end with a question mark.
JOANNE HARRIS I had to accept the fact that bad things happen. It’s out of our control and I know it hurts like ...
JOANNE MCCLEAN We spoke French at home and I didn't know any English until I went to school. My mother was Fren...
JOANNE HARRIS There's a phrase: to strike while the iron is hot. The iron is hot.
JOANNE WUENSCH I didn't really plan it this way, but my skills led me rather directly into technical directing.
JOANNE KNOEBEL These writers' sleuths are engaged in an important endeavor. When they came out in the early 1980s, ...
JOANNE DOBSON I think it's an offer that would be really hard to turn down.
JOANNE DAVIS I wish we could buy farmland, but it doesn't seem like there are very many people looking to sell pr...
JOANNE DAVIS The incentives haven't worked. ... I don't feel sorry for this group of people.
JOANNE DAVIS The county needs to look at everything in a regional context. You diminish your water supply. You ja...
JOANNE DAVIS I did this. This is my place.
JOANNE DAVIS Clones fit in. Freaks stand out. Ask me which one I prefer.
JOANNE HARRIS I'd rather be a freak than a clone.
JOANNE HARRIS A little tantrum in real life seems so much bigger online.
JOANNE HARRIS The growth outlook relative to developed markets is still in tact. We believe in the consumer story ...
JOANNE IRVINE These proposals represent a bold reform package for the future but they don't solve the problem of t...
JOANNE WHALLEY It's a great company. I'm learning all of the time.
JOANNE WHEELER I was a very bad accountant; I didn't care about money, golf or discovering fraud. After about a...
JOANNE HARRIS In the middle of this journey, we lose a bit of ourselves. We do not know where we are or where we�...
JOANNE CRISNER And when you fall from that parapet,the sound you'll be hearing as you go down will be me,laughing m...
JOANNE HARRIS It will take some time to get these proposals back. As long as we can move forward and not knock any...
JOANNE KING I think it is really early in the process, so people are not really reacting yet. The few comments I...
JOANNE KING Instead of starting when you?re 40 or 45, you might as well start now.
JOANNE KATSIGIANNIS I was worried as a Johnny Cash fan that I wouldn't like the performances. They were surprisingly tal...
JOANNE JOHNSON It was a very intense match. It took about two and a half hours to play and both teams played with a...
JOANNE JOHNSON The semiconductor industry is entering a new growth phase which includes new product development for...
JOANNE ITOW The Middle East is the area where we're most concerned. There has been a lot of speculation in these...
JOANNE IRVINE The outlook for global emerging markets is very positive. The fundamentals have never been so strong...
JOANNE IRVINE All of our toll roads become financially self-sufficient.
JOANNE HURLEY This is not a fast process. It's a very intense process in order to become designated a scenic highw...
JOANNE HURLEY This place would be very nice to take your children, but it is also a good place to take visitors an...
JOANNE HOYT My sister and brother-in-law were very impressed with how the cows were milked.
JOANNE HOYT I've lived here for awhile and I didn't know anything about the agriculture in the area. Since agric...
JOANNE HOYT I have, with my clients, told them that in life, you have choices you can make. I can empathize with...
JOANNE HOSKINS I was like, 'what!' I was just shocked. Then, they sent me the list, and I'm looking, and I say, 'he...
JOANNE HOSKINS The fact that there weren't any black players here in the Midwest, that wasn't gonna stop me from pl...
JOANNE HOSKINS I have more purpose in my life. I didn't think I could ever say that. Whenever people call me I go a...
JOANNE HOPTON You've got to talk, you've got to communicate, you've got to share ideas.
JOANNE HOPTON When this happens, you're brain dead. I'm an organizer, a leader, but I couldn't think. You just fee...
JOANNE HOPTON He asked her to go to the movies with him. She said, 'Don't you know what my father does to boys who...
JOANNE HOFFMAN He wrote these beautiful letters home.
JOANNE HOFFMAN Since stress is subjective, change the way that you perceive things. A long commute, for example, ca...
JOANNE HERMAN You can't control the uncle who drives you crazy, for example, but you can control your response to ...
JOANNE HERMAN Stress is stress. What's important is how a woman perceives stress. But the kind of stress that real...
JOANNE HERMAN Everyone is now taking a look at how we are situated and asking questions like, 'Do we have the best...
JOANNE HAYES If it was truly worth doing it, I would be fully in support of it,
JOANNE HAYES Unfortunately, the damage had pretty much been done,
JOANNE HAYES Fire Department and Police Department crews were on scene within four minutes to attempt rescue effo...
JOANNE HAYES They don't know a wit about marketing, ... That is the biggest challenge for most inventors.
JOANNE HAYES Nobody would want anybody to get killed like that — a whole family.
JOANNE HALL We laugh a whole lot here.
JOANNE HALL COME and join us for the Greatest Marathon in the World.
JOANNE HALL We're real honest with parents. Sometimes we'll offer kids a partial scholarship and the parent will...
JOANNE GRAF We knew it was just a matter of time.
JOANNE GRAF She has gotten used to Division I pitching. She has been really selective at the plate.
JOANNE GRAF It's obviously a great opportunity for us to build our program. One day we want FSU to be where Mich...
JOANNE GRAF We wanted to get some pitchers some work and FAMU really took advantage when we made some mistakes w...
JOANNE GRAF I think it's real important against an aggressive team like FAMU to come out and get as many runs as...
JOANNE GRAF The other two (pitchers) will come around because we can't ride one pitcher the whole season. They h...
JOANNE GRAF