Top 500 J.K. Rowling Quotes (2025 Update)
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401. “Potter! There are hundreds of people thundering through my pub!”

— J.K. Rowling

402. “So that’s little Scorpious. Make sure you beat him in every test, Rosie. Thank god you’ve inherited your mother’s brains.”

— J.K. Rowling

403. “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

404. “My transformations in those days were terrible. It is very painful to turn into a werewolf. I was separated from humans to bite, so I bit and scratched myself instead. The villagers heard the noise and the screaming and thought they were hearing particularly violent spirits.”

— J.K. Rowling

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

— J.K. Rowling

406. “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

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

— J.K. Rowling

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

— J.K. Rowling

409. “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

410. “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

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

— J.K. Rowling

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

— J.K. Rowling

413. “Bye, Harry!” said Hermione, and she did something she had never done before, and kissed him on the cheek.”

— J.K. Rowling

414. “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

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

— J.K. Rowling

416. “Killing rips the soul apart.”

— J.K. Rowling

417. “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

418. “Magic blooms only in rare souls.”

— J.K. Rowling

419. “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

420. “I can’t give a Professor love!”

— J.K. Rowling

421. “Dobby has no master. Dobby is a free elf!”

— J.K. Rowling

422. “It’s lucky it’s dark. I haven’t blushed so much since Madam Pomfrey told me she liked my new earmuffs.”

— J.K. Rowling

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

— J.K. Rowling

424. “Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!”

— J.K. Rowling

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

— J.K. Rowling

426. “Percy wouldn’t notice a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing one of Dobby’s hats.”

— J.K. Rowling

427. “Lockhart’ll sign anything if it stands still long enough.”

— J.K. Rowling

428. “Harry was left to ponder in silence the depths to which girls would sink to get revenge.”

— J.K. Rowling

429. “I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death.”

— J.K. Rowling

430. “The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive.”

— J.K. Rowling

431. “The Sorting Hat is notorious for refusing to admit it has made a mistake in its sorting of a student. On those occasions when Slytherins behave altruistically or selflessly, when Ravenclaws flunk all their exams, when Hufflepuffs prove lazy yet academically gifted and when Gryffindors exhibit cowardice, the Hat steadfastly backs its original decision. On balance, however, the Hat has made remarkably few errors of judgement over the many centuries it has been at work.”

— J.K. Rowling

432. “He bent his great, shaggy head over Harry and gave him what must have been a very scratchy, whiskery kiss.”

— J.K. Rowling

433. “And that’s the second time we’ve saved your life tonight, you two-faced bastard!? Ron yelled.”

— J.K. Rowling

434. “This is night, Diddykins. That’s what we call it when it goes all dark like this.”

— J.K. Rowling

435. “No post on Sundays,” he reminded them cheerfully as he spread marmalade on his newspapers, “no damn letters today – ” Something.”

— J.K. Rowling

436. “Tut, tut, tut. Naughty, naughty, you’ll get caughty.”

— J.K. Rowling

437. “Get back, you scurvy braggart! Back, you rogue!”

— J.K. Rowling

438. “Hide them all, then. Keep her – them – safe. Please.? And what will you give me in return, Severus?? In – in return? Anything.”

— J.K. Rowling

439. “There will be books written about Harry. Every child in the world will know his name.”

— J.K. Rowling

440. “Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right,” said Hermione. “I heard him telling your mum, Ron.” “Sounds like the sort of mental thing Dumbledore would say,” said Ron.”

— J.K. Rowling

441. “Lupin was wearing an odd expression as he looked at Harry: it was close to pitying. ‘You think I’m a fool?’ demanded Harry. ‘No, I think you’re like James,’ said Lupin, ’who would have regarded it as the height of dishonour to mistrust his friends.”

— J.K. Rowling

442. “Stand up straight,” said Sirius impatiently. “Now, what are you up to?” “Kreacher is cleaning,” the elf repeated. “Kreacher lives to serve the noble house of Black – ” “ – and it’s getting blacker every day, it’s filthy,” said Sirius.”

— J.K. Rowling

443. “The truth is that you don’t think a girl would have been clever enough,’ said Hermione angrily. ‘How can I have hung round with you for five years and not think girls are clever?”

— J.K. Rowling

444. “Don’t be sorry, my dear sir, for nothing could upset me today! Rejoice, for You-Know-Who is gone at last! Even muggles like yourself should be celebrating this happy, happy day.”

— J.K. Rowling

445. “Size is no guarantee of power.”

— J.K. Rowling

446. “Strange how nearsighted being invisible can make you” – said Dumbledore.”

— J.K. Rowling

447. “Dear me,” said Dumbledore, shaking his head, his long silver mustache quivering. “Impaled upon your own sword, Gilderoy!” “Sword?” said Lockhart dimly. “Haven’t got a sword. That boy has, though.” He pointed at Harry. “He’ll lend you one.”

— J.K. Rowling

448. “But who could bear to know which stars were already dead, she thought, blinking up at the night sky; could anybody stand to know that they all were?”

— J.K. Rowling

449. “The thing is, it helps when people stand up to them, it gives everyone hope. I used to notice that when you did it, Harry.”

— J.K. Rowling

450. “Warrington’s aim’s so pathetic I’d be more worried if he was aiming for the person next to me.”

— J.K. Rowling