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J.K. Rowling

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J.K. Rowling paints magical mishaps like Harry’s taped glasses after Dudley’s punch and a warning never to tickle a sleeping dragon. Her characters toss quirky Latin spells and sarcastic jokes, creating a lively tone. Yet she also captures moments of deep fear, such as a nightmare that offers no comforting whisper.

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J.K. Rowling, whose real name is Joanne Rowling, is a British author and screenwriter best known for the Harry Potter series, which has sold over 600 million copies.

About J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling, born Joanne Rowling, is a British author, philanthropist, producer, and screenwriter. She wrote the Harry Potter series, a seven‑book story about a young wizard that has become the best‑selling book series ever, with more than 600 million copies sold worldwide. In addition to writing, she works as a producer and screenwriter.

Quotes by J.K. Rowling

“LOOK AT THIS SNAKE!”

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“Have a biscuit, Potter.”

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“Dobby is free .”

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“I open at the close.”

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“I've read worse.”

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“I am about to die.”

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“peor recuerdo de Snape”

Amor

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“I don't like spiders”

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“My brother Albus wanted a lot of”

Brother

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“Of course you've got to!”

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“use the boy. use the boy.”

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“IF WE DIE FOR THEM, I'LL KILL YOU, HARRY!”

Funny

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“Lo importante no es la varita, sino el mago.”

Amor

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“Potter, te debemos una!»”

Amor

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“Neville se alejaba, Harry miró el cromo de”

Amor

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“It’s leprechaun gold. Vanishes after a few hours.”

Leprechaun

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“Had a house-elf taste every bottle after what happened to your poor friend Rupert.”

Friendship

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“How strange that in his dread of death, it pumped all the harder,”

Death

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“Hufflepuff is a pushover. Last time we played them, Harry caught the Snitch in about five minutes,”

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“No good sittin' worryin' abou' it. What's comin' will come, an' we'll meet it when it does" -Hagrid”

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“You're not a bad person. You're a very good person. Who bad things have happened to.”

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“How did you get here?" Harry asked. "Flew," said Hagrid. " Flew? ”

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“What can you see in mine?” “A load of soggy brown stuff,” said Harry.”

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“He had always called her "Krys," which nobody else had ever done. She had liked being Krys.”

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“Looks even worse from here, doesn’t it?’ said Harry, watching the dog pulling Ron into the roots. ‘Ouch – look, I just…

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“The advice to ‘hold on to your dreams’ is all well and good, but there comes a point when holding on to…

Dreams

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“It was surely one thing to respect the Dark Arts as a dangerous enemy, another to speak of them with a loving…

Dark art

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“But Hogwarts is hidden,” said Hermione, in surprise. “Everyone knows that … well, everyone who’s read Hogwarts, A History, anyway.” “Just you,…

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“Albus Dumbledore didn’t seem to realize that he had just arrived in a street where everything from his name to his boots…

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“...I imagined that I was about to see Ariana, and my mother, and my father, and to tell them how very, very…

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“Well, I don’t know how to break this to you, but I think they might have noticed we broke into Gringotts.”

Funny

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“The point is, if we find out you’ve been horrible to Harry —” “— and make no mistake, we’ll hear about it.…

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“Harry was several streets away before he collapsed onto a low wall in Magnolia Crescent, panting from the effort of dragging his…

Alone in the dark

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“What do they think they’re doing, keeping a thing like that locked up in a school?” said Ron finally. “If any dog…

Bad temper

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“There were gasps and cries of surprise as they saw Alecto lying there unconscious. Slowly they shuffled in around her, a savage…

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“The boy…Is he dead?” There was complete silence in the clearing. Nobody approached Harry, but he felt their concentrated gaze; it seemed…

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“We have also heard within the last few hours that Rubeus Hagrid”--all three of them gasped, and so nearly missed the rest…

Death eaters

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“A man appeared on the corner the cat had been watching, appeared so suddenly and silently you’d have thought he’d just popped…

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“There’s already a good chance Umbridge has chucked it away; the thing doesn’t open.” “Unless,” said Ron, “she’s found a way of…

First place

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“Now, yer mum an’ dad were as good a witch an’ wizard as I ever knew. Head boy an’ girl at Hogwarts…

Dark side

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J.K. Rowling by topic

Harry potter (117) Time (61) Ron weasley (48) Death (41) Humor (39) Life (36) Professor mcgonagall (35) Death eaters (34) Parenting (33) Hermione-granger (31) Books (29) Love (24) Friendship (23) Amor (22)