“This boy will be famous. There won't be a child in our world who doesn't know his name.” — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“That which Voldemort does not value, he takes no trouble to comprehend. Of house-elves and children’s tales, of love, loyalty, and innocence,… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“I have one last hope for you, which is something that I already had at 21. The friends with whom I sat… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Simon had the child's belief that the rest of the world exists as staging for their personal drama; destiny hung over him,… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“I have a real issue with anyone trying to protect children from their own imaginations. If we cannot acknowledge that a lot… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“I wanted my children to grow up where I grew up, to have proper roots in a culture as old and magnificent… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“There was a girl who came up to me on the street the other day, she bloomed out of the pavement... and… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Harry stooped down and saw, upon the frozen, lichen-spotted granite, the words KENDRA DUMBLEDORE and, a short way below her dates of… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“I uprooted my daughter and left my job and moved house for you, and you treat me like a hooker you don’t… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“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… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“The bond between parent and child is the root from which all success, all well-being, grows.” — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Remus,” said Hermione tentatively, “is everything all right . . . you know . . . between you and—” “Everything is fine,… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“How desperate she had been for a storybook ending, and a life to which Gaia would always want to return; because her… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“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… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“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… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Those who write for children, or at least those who write best for children, are not child-like or immature, but they do… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Our Chasers Aren’t Cheating! That was the stunned reaction of Quidditch fans across Britain last night when the so-called “Stooging Penalty” was announced by… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Snape pointed at the parchment, on which the words of Messrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs were still shining.” — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus [ never tickle a sleeping dragon ]” — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“An intense cold swept over them all. Harry felt his own breath catch in his chest. The cold went deeper than his skin. It… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“If you're not Gryffindor, we'll disinherit you," said Ron, "but no pressure." "Ron!" Lily and Hugo laughed, but Albus and Rose looked solemn. "He… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“You want to give it a look, Xeno is printing all the stuff the Prophet’s ignoring, not a single mention of Crumple-Horned Snorkacks in… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“He wore round glasses held together with a lot of Sellotape because of all the times Dudley had punched him on the nose.” — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Sybill Trelawney, Divination teacher,’” Harry read. “How’re we supposed to get up there?” As though in answer to his question, the trapdoor suddenly opened,… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Harry et Ron furent enchantés d’entendre Hagrid qualifier Rusard de « vieille ganache ».” — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Well, I can certainly see why we’re trying to keep them alive,” said Malfoy sarcastically. “Who wouldn’t want pets that can burn, sting, and… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“There was no waking from this nightmare, no comforting whisper in the dark that he was safe really, that it was all in his… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Well, I reckon you should --" Ron began, but he was interrupted by the Fat Lady, who had been watching them sleepily and now… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image