J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling
Joanne "Jo" Rowling, OBE, FRSL, pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, screenwriter and film producer 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 is the second highest-grossing film series in history. Rowling had overall approval on the...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth31 July 1965
CityYate, England
After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
The world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters.
Scrimgeour: "It's time you learned some respect!" Harry: "It's time you earned it.
Death is just life's next big adventure.
Do not pity the dead, Harry.
Taunting Death ... means pitting oneself against a wily enemy who cannot lose.
And as she jogged out of sight, they could hear her muttering, "Tentacula. Devil's Snare. And Snargaluff pods. Yes, I'd like to see Death Eaters fighting those.
To Harry Potter — the boy who lived!
Harry is the best hope we have. Trust him.
Which only goes to show that the best of us must sometimes eat our words,' Dumbledore went on, smiling.
Brains like that, you could be a Death Eater, son.
This exchange marked the beginning of Mr. Malfoy's long campaign to have me removed from my post as headmaster of Hogwarts, and of mine to have him removed from his position as Lord Voldemort's Favorite Death Eater. My response prompted several further letters from Mr. Malfoy, but as they consisted mainly of opprobrious remarks on my sanity, parentage, and hygiene, their relevance to this commentary is remote.
Would it hurt to die? All those times he had thought it was about to happen and escaped, he had never really thought of the thing itself: his will to live had always been so much stronger than his fear of death.
Harry, you wonderful boy, you brave, brave man.