Joanne Rowling Quotes
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It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
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He must have known I'd want to leave you." "No, he must have known you would always want to come back.
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Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.
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What's coming will come and we'll just have to meet it when it does.
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All those poor elves I haven’t set free yet, having to stay over during Christmas because there aren’t enough hats!
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I remember the first time I heard a teenager say 'LOL.' Just what? But it means 'laugh.' Why don't you just laugh? What are you doing?
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.
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Snape's patronus was a doe,' said Harry, 'the same as my mother's because he loved her for nearly all of his life, from when they were children.
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Do you know what I think, Potter?' said Snape, very quietly. "I think that you are a liar and a cheat and that you deserve detention with me every Saturday until the end of term. What do you think, Potter?
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Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with.
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I'm pro Union.
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I did not set out to convert anyone to Christianity.
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Would you like me to [kill you] now?" asked Snape, his voice heavy with irony. "Or would you like a few moments to compose an epitaph?
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Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose.
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This is not about money or anything other than the pleasure of reading for people who want to read it.
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I felt I had to solve everyone's problems.
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The internet has been a boon and a curse for teenagers.
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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
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I'm opposed to fundamentalism in any form.
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We do stigmatise teens a lot and see them as scary and alien.
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
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I have spied for you and lied for you, put myself in mortal danger for you. Everything was supposed to be to keep Lily Potter’s son safe. Now you tell me you have been raising him like a pig for slaughter —
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However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.