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19 Magical But Lesser Known J.K Rowling Quotes That Will Inspire You

It is impossible to live without failing at something.  
Kirsten Corley
August 30, 2016
“To hurt is as human as to breathe.”
— J.K Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Standard Edition (Harry Potter)
Tagged: Being human, Feeling
“I have never been remotely ashamed of having been depressed. Never. What's to be ashamed of? I went through a really rough time and I am quite proud that I got out of that.”
— J.K Rowling, U.s Today Interview
Tagged: Depression, Suicide Awareness
“Those who choose not to empathize enable real monsters, for without ever committing an act of outright evil ourselves we collude with it through our apathy.”
— J.K Rowling, Harvard Commencement Speech
Tagged: monsters, Apathy, Evil
“We do not need magic to change the world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.”
— J.K Rowling, Harvard Commencement Speech
Tagged: Magic, Change the World, Do Good
“One of my regrets would be that I will never again have the pleasure of sneaking into a cafe, any cafe I like, sitting down and diving into my world and no one knowing what I am doing and no one bothering about me and being totally anonymous, that was fantastic.”
— J.K Rowling, BCC News - July 18th 2005
Tagged: Regrets, Reading, Writing
“Humans have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.”
— J.K Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Standard Edition (Harry Potter)
Tagged: humans, Choosing, Wrong Choices
“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.”
— J.K Rowling, Harvard Speech
Tagged: Failing, Dreams, Chasing Your Dreams
“Is ‘fat’ really the worst thing a human being can be? Is ‘fat’ worse than ‘vindictive’, ‘jealous’, ‘shallow’, ‘vain’, ‘boring’ or ‘cruel’? Not to me.”
— J.K Rowling, JK hits back at 'fat' claims
Tagged: Fat Quotes, shallow, Vain
“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, responsibility lies with you.”
— J.K Rowling, J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement
Tagged: Take Control, Life Quotes, Living
“As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. I wish you all very good lives.”
— J.K Rowling, Harvard Speech
Tagged: Good Lives, Do Well, Do Good
“And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”
— J.K Rowling, Harvard Speech
Tagged: Rock Bottom, Inspirational Speeches
“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you fail by default.”
— J.K. Rowling, Harvard Speech
Tagged: impossible, Dream, Dreaming
“Well, I want to write’, and I wrote the book and what is the worst than can happen? It gets turned down by every publisher in Britain, big deal.”
— J.K Rowling, Tears as JK Rowling returns to where it began
Tagged: Writing, Dreams, Publishers
“Whatever money you might have, self-worth really lies in finding out what you do best.”
— J.K Rowling, Mugglenet- Interview With J.K Rowling
Tagged: Do Best, Work Hard, Do Good
“I’ve no idea where ideas come from and I hope I never find out; it would spoil the excitement for me if it turned out I just have a funny little wrinkle on the surface of my brain which makes me think about invisible train platforms.”
— J.K Rowling, Magic, Mystery, and Mayhem: An Interview with J.K. Rowling
Tagged: Ideas, Dreaming, wishing
“A woman can fight just the same as a man can fight.”
— J.K Rowling, The Women Of Harry Potter
Tagged: Women's Rights, Women Power, Equality
“This may surprise people, but in many, many ways Hufflepuff is my favorite house.”
— J.K Rowling, JK Rowling on her love of Hufflepuff
Tagged: J.K Rowling Quotes, Harry Potter
“It was a bereavement. It was huge. Although I knew it was coming, we all know that the people we love are mortal, we all know we’re mortal, we know it’s going to end; you can’t prepare yourself for it. So even though I always knew it would be seven books, that was it, I knew how it was going to end, and when it ended I was in a slight state of shock.”
— J.K Rowling, Oprah
Tagged: Endings, Harry Potter, Over
“I think finishing the books, it’s definitely been a release. I feel more relaxed. I thought, I can come here now and crash and burn. What does it matter”
— J.K Rowling, J.K. Rowling - Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Tagged: Endings, Harry Potter