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
Personally, I'd have welcomed a dementor attack. A deadly struggle for my soul would have broken the monotony nicely.
Excuse me, are you the imprint of a departed soul?
Bless my soul,” whispered the old bartender, “Harry Potter . . . what an honor.
Well, you split your soul, you see, and hide part of it in an object outside the body. Then, even if one’s body is attacked or destroyed, one cannot die, for part of the soul remains earthbound and undamaged. But of course, existence in such a form . . .
Because to confide a part of your soul to something that can think and move for itself is obviously a very risky business.
When we come face-to-face with one down a dark alley, we're going to be having a shufti to see if it's solid, aren't we, we're not going to be asking, 'Excuse me, are you the imprint of a departed soul?
And he knew that at that moment, they understood each other perfectly, and when he told her what he was going to do now, she would not say ‘be careful’ or ‘don’t do it’, but she would accept his decision because she would not have expected anything less of him.
Whatever happens to your body, your soul will survive, untouched...
Killing rips the soul apart.
Indifference and neglect often do more damage than outright dislike.
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our friends, but just as much to stand up to our enemies.
People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than for being right.
After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
My favorite literary heroine is Jo March. It is hard to overstate what she meant to a small, plain girl called Jo, who had a hot temper and a burning ambition to be a writer.