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118 quotes by J. K. Rowling

Joanne "Jo" Rowling, OBE FRSL (/ˈroʊlɪŋ/; born 31 July 1965), pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. The books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies. They have become the best-selling book series in history and been the basis for a series of films which became the highest-grossing film series in...
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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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It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you... →

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It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

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Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own... →

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The internet has been a boon and a curse for teenagers.

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If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

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I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.

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Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its... →

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And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.

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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

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I sometimes have a tendency to walk on the dark side.

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The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.

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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... →

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