Top 500 J.K. Rowling Quotes (2025 Update)
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201. “You must accept the reality of other people. You think that reality is up for negotiation, that we think it’s whatever you say it is. You must accept that we are as real as you are; you must accept that you are not God.”

— J.K. Rowling

202. “Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone’s total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.”

— J.K. Rowling

203. “No man or woman alive, magical or not, has ever escaped some form of injury, whether physical, mental, or emotional. To hurt is as human as to breathe.”

— J.K. Rowling

204. “SCORPIUS: Thank you for being my light in the darkness.”

— J.K. Rowling

205. “It was strange how your brain could know what your heart refused to accept.”

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206. “You will never truly know yourself or the strength of your relationships until both have been tested by adversity.”

— J.K. Rowling

207. “Harry Potter is greater by far than Dobby knew!” he sobbed. “Farewell, Harry Potter!”

— J.K. Rowling

208. “I mean, it’s sort of exciting isn’t it? Breaking the rules.”

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209. “Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves it’s own mark. To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.”

— J.K. Rowling

210. “The thing about growing up with Fred and George,” said Ginny thoughtfully, “is that you sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.”

— J.K. Rowling

211. “I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It’s totally for myself.”

— J.K. Rowling

212. “You do care,” said Dumbledore. He had not flinched or made a single move to stop Harry demolishing his office. His expression was calm, almost detached. “You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.”

— J.K. Rowling

213. “As for the fact that Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle apeared to be going their different ways when they were usually inseparable, these things happened as people got older – Ron and Hermione, Harry reflected sadly, were living proof.”

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214. “Harry looked down and saw deep green mountains and lakes, coppery in the sunset.”

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215. “From this point forth, we shall be leaving the firm foundation of fact and journeying together through the murky marshes of memory into thickets of wildest guesswork.”

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216. “The more you care, the more you have to lose.”

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217. “And let it be noted that Slytherin House played its part! Let our contribution not be forgotten!”

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218. “Turn to page three hundred and ninety-four.”

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219. “Parry Otter, the Chosen Boy Who – well – something of that sort...”

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220. “By Gryffindor, the bravest were Prized far beyond the rest; For Ravenclaw, the cleverest Would always be the best; For Hufflepuff, hard workers were Most worthy of admission; And power-hungry Slytherin Loved those of great ambition.”

— J.K. Rowling

221. “We’re his army,” said Neville. “Dumbledore’s Army. We were all in it together, we’ve been keeping it going while you three have been off on your own – ” “It hasn’t exactly been a picnic, mate,” said Ron. “I never said it had, but I don’t see why you can’t trust us. Everyone in this room’s been fighting and they’ve been driven in here because the Carrows were hunting them down. Everyone in here’s proven they’re loyal to Dumbledore – loyal to you.”

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222. “I believe your friends Misters Fred and George Weasley were responsible for trying to send you a toilet seat. No doubt they thought it would amuse you.”

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223. “He’ll be famous – a legend – I wouldn’t be surprised if today was known as Harry Potter Day in the future – there will be books written about Harry – every child in our world will know his name!”

— J.K. Rowling

224. “It is impossible to manufacture or imitate love.”

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225. “I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being – forgive me – rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.”

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226. “Why are you worrying about YOU-KNOW-WHO, when you should be worrying about YOU-NO-POO? The constipation sensation that’s gripping the nation!”

— J.K. Rowling

227. “Hogwarts was the first and best home he had known. He and Voldemort and Snape, the abandoned boys, had all found home here.”

— J.K. Rowling

228. “I take my hat off to you – or I would, if I were not afraid of showering you in spiders.”

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229. “Twitchy little ferret, aren’t you, Malfoy?”

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230. “The Patronus is a kind of positive force, a projection of the very things that the dementor feeds upon – hope, happiness, the desire to survive – but it cannot feel despair, as real humans can, so the dementors can’t hurt it.”

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231. “That even though we’ve got a fight ahead of us, we’ve got one thing that Voldemort doesn’t have. – Something worth fighting for.”

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232. “Gringotts was the safest place in the world for something you wanted to hide – except perhaps Hogwarts.”

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233. “We can only guess,” said Dumbledore. “We may never know.”

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234. “Nothing like a nighttime stroll to give you ideas.”

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235. “But nothing I have seen in the world has supported your famous pronouncements that love is more powerful than my kind of magic, Dumbledore.” “Perhaps you have been looking in the wrong places,” suggested Dumbledore.”

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236. “Don’t count your owls before they are delivered.”

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237. “Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart!”

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238. “Dumbledore will only leave from Hogwarts when there are none loyal to him!”

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239. “I’ll be in my bedroom, making no noise and pretending I’m not there.”

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240. “Hagrid. You live in a wooden house!”

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241. “I would like to make it clear, in parenthesis, that I do not blame my parents for their point of view. There is an expiration 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

242. “As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all – the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.”

— J.K. Rowling

243. “I am the creature you have not seen. I am you. I am me. The echo unforseen. Sometimes in front, sometimes behind. A constant companion, for we are entwined.”

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244. “Whatever happens to your body, your soul will survive, untouched...”

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245. “Wherever I am, if I’ve got a book with me, I have a place I can go and be happy.”

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246. “I am a wizard, not a baboon brandishing a stick.”

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247. “Accio Firebolt!”

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248. “Nasty temper he’s got, that Sirius Black.”

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249. “Oooh, look, a Blibbering Humdinger!”

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250. “I don’t expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses...”

— J.K. Rowling