Children Quotes by J.K. Rowling

17 Children quotes by J.K. Rowling

When you think about the magic of youth, Rowling's words often surface. This set of seventeen snippets captures how the author sees the wonder, challenges, and growth that children bring to our lives.

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“Not my daughter, you bitch!”

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“The bond between parent and child is the root from which all success, all well-being, grows.”

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“This boy will be famous. There won't be a child in our world who doesn't know his name.”

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“I wanted my children to grow up where I grew up, to have proper roots in a culture as old and magnificent…

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“I uprooted my daughter and left my job and moved house for you, and you treat me like a hooker you don’t…

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“I have a real issue with anyone trying to protect children from their own imaginations. If we cannot acknowledge that a lot…

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“He's not a child!" said Sirius impatiently. "He's not an adult either!" said Mrs. Weasley, the color rising in her cheeks. "He's…

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“There was a girl who came up to me on the street the other day, she bloomed out of the pavement... and…

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“Simon had the child's belief that the rest of the world exists as staging for their personal drama; destiny hung over him,…

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“You’re underage!” Mrs. Weasley shouted at her daughter as Harry approached. “I won’t permit it! The boys, yes, but you, you’ve got…

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“How desperate she had been for a storybook ending, and a life to which Gaia would always want to return; because her…

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“Harry stooped down and saw, upon the frozen, lichen-spotted granite, the words KENDRA DUMBLEDORE and, a short way below her dates of…

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“That which Voldemort does not value, he takes no trouble to comprehend. Of house-elves and children’s tales, of love, loyalty, and innocence,…

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“Remus,” said Hermione tentatively, “is everything all right . . . you know . . . between you and—” “Everything is fine,…

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“I really feel that we're not giving children enough credit for distinguishing what's right and what's wrong. I, for one, devoured fairy…

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“I have one last hope for you, which is something that I already had at 21. The friends with whom I sat…

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“Those who write for children, or at least those who write best for children, are not child-like or immature, but they do…

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