Top 500 J.K. Rowling Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “Actually, I’m highly logical, which allows me to look past extraneous detail and perceive clearly that which others overlook.”

— J.K. Rowling

352. “If he doesn’t stop trying to save your life he’s going to kill you.”

— J.K. Rowling

353. “Ron’s old Shooting Star was often outstripped by passing butterflies.”

— J.K. Rowling

354. “The only people who can see thestrals,” she said, “are people who have seen death.”

— J.K. Rowling

355. “He wouldn’t have been surprised if it had died of boredom itself – no company except stupid people drumming their fingers on the glass trying to disturb it all day long. It was worse than having a cupboard as a bedroom, where the only visitor was Aunt Petunia hammering on the door to wake you up; at least he got to visit the rest of the house. The snake suddenly opened its beady eyes. Slowly, very slowly, it raised its head until its eyes were on a level with Harry’s. It winked. Harry.”

— J.K. Rowling

356. “Oh, it can’t be a reference to the fact Harry’s a great Seeker, that’s way too obvious. There must be a secret message from Dumbledore hidden in the icing!”

— J.K. Rowling

357. “At least my happiness doesn’t depend on Ron’s goalkeeping ability.”

— J.K. Rowling

358. “You don’t know what I’m capable of, you don’t know what I’ve done!”

— J.K. Rowling

359. “She can’t keep writing about what a tragic little hero I am, it’ll get boring.”

— J.K. Rowling

360. “He had made his choice while he dug Dobby’s grave, he had decided to continue along the winding, dangerous path indicated for him by Albus Dumbledore, to accept that he had not been told everything that he wanted to know, but simply to trust.”

— J.K. Rowling

361. “But this is much more important than homework!” said Hermione. Harry and Ron goggled at her.”

— J.K. Rowling

362. “Harry and Hermione are very platonic friends. But I won’t answer for anyone else, nudge-nudge wink-wink!”

— J.K. Rowling

363. “What do I care how ’e looks? I am good-looking enough for both of us, I theenk! All these scars show is zat my husband is brave!”

— J.K. Rowling

364. “I don’t go looking for trouble,” said Harry, nettled. “Trouble usually finds me.”

— J.K. Rowling

365. “Listeners, that brings us to the end of another Potterwatch. We don’t know when it will be possible to broadcast again, but you can be sure we shall be back. Keep twiddling those dials: the next password will be ‘Mad-Eye.’ Keep each other safe. Keep faith. Good night.”

— J.K. Rowling

366. “The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made, as far as Fats could see, was being ashamed of what they were; lying about it, trying to be somebody else.”

— J.K. Rowling

367. “This man’s name was Albus Dumbledore.”

— J.K. Rowling

368. “What would your head have been doing in Hogsmeade, Potter?” said Snape softly. “Your head is not allowed in Hogsmeade.”

— J.K. Rowling

369. “Ron gave a tiny jerk of the head that Harry understood to mean, Well – if you must.”

— J.K. Rowling

370. “One more lesson like that and I might just do a Weasley.”

— J.K. Rowling

371. “Well, he should have some chocolate, at the very least,” said Madam Pomfrey.”

— J.K. Rowling

372. “To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.”

— J.K. Rowling

373. “By all means continue destroying my possessions. I daresay I have too many.”

— J.K. Rowling

374. “Snape, of course, would no sooner let them play games in class than adopt Harry.”

— J.K. Rowling

375. “Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother?”

— J.K. Rowling

376. “Potter! There are hundreds of people thundering through my pub!”

— J.K. Rowling

377. “And it’s Gryfindor in possession again, as Johnson takes the Quaffle – Flint alongside her – poke him in the eye, Angelina – it was a joke, professor, it was a joke...”

— J.K. Rowling

378. “Harry, just go down to the lake tomorrow, right, stick your head in, yell at the merpeople to give back whatever they’ve nicked, and see if they chuck it out. Best you can do, mate.”

— J.K. Rowling

379. “We could have been killed or worse EXPELLED.”

— J.K. Rowling

380. “Wands are only as powerful as the wizards who use them. Some wizards just like to boast that theirs are bigger and better than other people’s.”

— J.K. Rowling

381. “Mr. Weasley was unavailable for comment, although his wife told reporters to clear off or she’d set the family ghoul on them.”

— J.K. Rowling

382. “Why would I go looking for someone I know wants to kill me?”

— J.K. Rowling

383. “On Harry dug, deeper and deeper into the hard, cold earth, subsuming his grief in sweat, denying the pain in his scar.”

— J.K. Rowling

384. “You’d think I walk around with my eyes shut, banging off the walls.”

— J.K. Rowling

385. “Really, Hagrid, if you are holding out for universal popularity, I’m afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time,′ said Dumbledore, now peering sternly over his half-moon spectacles. ‘Not a week has passed, since I became Headmaster of this school, when I haven’t had at least one owl complaining about the way I run it. But what should I do? Barricade myself in my study and refuse to talk to anybody?”

— J.K. Rowling

386. “I am not being ridiculous,” said Lupin steadily. “Tonks deserves somebody young and whole.” “But she wants you,” said Mr. Weasley, with a small smile. “And after all, Remus, young and whole men do not necessarily remain so.”

— J.K. Rowling

387. “Bravery doesn’t forgive stupidity. Always think. Think what’s possible.”

— J.K. Rowling

388. “Killing rips the soul apart.”

— J.K. Rowling

389. “Magic blooms only in rare souls.”

— J.K. Rowling

390. “Hey, Mr English guy! I think your egg is hatching. – Jacob Kowalski.”

— J.K. Rowling

391. “Harry didn’t feel brave or quick-witted or any of it at the moment. If only the hat had mentioned a house for people who felt a bit queasy, that would have been the one for him.”

— J.K. Rowling

392. “I can’t give a Professor love!”

— J.K. Rowling

393. “Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways. For one thing, he hated the summer holidays more than any other time of year. For another, he really wanted to do his homework, but was forced to do it in secret, in the dead of night. And he also happened to be a wizard.”

— J.K. Rowling

394. “Broaden your minds, my dears, and allow your eyes to see past the mundane!” Professor Trelawney cried.”

— J.K. Rowling

395. “We did it, we bashed them, wee Potter’s the one, And Voldy’s gone moldy, so now let’s have fun! “Really gives a feeling for the scope and tragedy of the thing, doesn’t it?” said Ron, pushing open a door to let Harry and Hermione through.”

— J.K. Rowling

396. “October arrived, spreading a damp chill over the grounds and into the castle. Madam Pomfrey, the matron, was kept busy by a sudden spate of colds among the staff and students. Her Pepperup Potion worked instantly, though it left the drinker smoking at the ears for several hours afterwards. Ginny Weasley, who had been looking peaky, was bullied into taking some by Percy. The steam pouring from under her vivid hair gave the impression that her whole head was on fire.”

— J.K. Rowling

397. “First sign of madness, talking to your own head.”

— J.K. Rowling

398. “Once again, you show all the sensitivity of a blunt axe.”

— J.K. Rowling

399. “He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large moustache.”

— J.K. Rowling

400. “Harry, however, had never been less interested in Quidditch; he was rapidly becoming obsessed with Draco Malfoy.”

— J.K. Rowling