Life is too short. I only want to do things that I enjoy, or that I think are good or worth doing.
J. K. ROWLINGWhen you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love.
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Time is making fools of us again.
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The 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.
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Writing for me is a kind of compulsion, so I don’t think anyone could have made me do it, or prevented me from doing it.
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Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.
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Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.
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When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.
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There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.
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We’re all human, aren’t we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.
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Print will never die. There’s no substitute for the feel of an actual book.
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Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.
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You are the true master of death, because the true master does not seek to run away from Death.
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Ultimately, 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.
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You must accept the reality of other people.
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The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.
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It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.
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Do not pity the dead. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.
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It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
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The ones that love us never really leave us.
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Sometimes ideas just come to me. Other times I have to sweat and almost bleed to make ideas come. It’s a mysterious process, but I hope I never find out exactly how it works.
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To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.
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I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.
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If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.
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Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.
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What’s most important in a friendship? Tolerance and loyalty.
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Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I’ve met people who don’t want to try for fear of failing.
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I have never been remotely ashamed of having been depressed. Never. What’s to be ashamed of? I went through a really rough time and I am quite proud that I got out of that.
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