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J. K. Rowling

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Joanne Rowling ( ROH-ling; born 31 July 1965), better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author, philanthropist, producer, and screenwriter. She is best known for writing Harry Potter, a seven-volume series about a young wizard and the best-selling book series in history, with over 600 million copies sold. She also writes Cormoran Strike, an ongoing crime fiction series, under the alias Robert Galbraith.

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Quotes from J. K. Rowling

Just because you love someone doesn't mean you have to be involved with them. Love is not a bandage to cover wounds.

—J. K. Rowling

Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here!

—J. K. Rowling

Praise youth and it will prosper.

—J. K. Rowling

Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.

—J. K. Rowling

Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticized only by fools.

—J. K. Rowling

It is not an ennobling experience. Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships.

—J. K. Rowling

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, the responsibility lies with you.

—J. K. Rowling

There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.

—J. K. Rowling

Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

—J. K. Rowling

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

—J. K. Rowling

You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

—J. K. Rowling

The best of us must sometimes eat our words.

—J. K. Rowling

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

—J. K. Rowling

It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.

—J. K. Rowling