Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.
J. K. ROWLINGWit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.
J. K. ROWLINGThe most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.
J. K. ROWLINGYou must accept that we are as real as you are; you must accept that you are not God.
J. K. ROWLINGYou can exist without your soul, you know, as long as your brain and heart are still working. But you’ll have no sense of self anymore, no memory. There’s no chance at all of recovery. You’ll just exist as an empty shell. And your soul is gone forever, lost.
J. K. ROWLINGSometimes you have to stop trying to force it, walk away and let your subconscious show you the way. Fill up on life for a while.
J. K. ROWLINGWhen people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.
J. K. ROWLINGRead a lot. Reading really helps. Read anything you can get your hands on.
J. K. ROWLINGThings we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.
J. K. ROWLINGTo have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.
J. K. ROWLINGKilling is not so easy as the innocent believe.
J. K. ROWLINGThe world is full of wonderful things you haven’t seen yet. Don’t ever give up on the chance of seeing them.
J. K. ROWLINGSize is no guarantee of power.
J. K. ROWLINGThere is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.
J. K. ROWLINGUltimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you a set of criteria if you let it.
J. K. ROWLINGTalent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.
J. K. ROWLINGI will defend the importance of bedtime stories to my last gasp.
J. K. ROWLING