When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance. J. K. Rowling damagedefiancekind Change image and share on social
Death obsesses me, yes it does. I can't really understand why it doesn't obsess everyone - I think it does really, I'm just a little more out about it. J. K. Rowling deathobsessunderstand Change image and share on social
His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof. J. K. Rowling foolproofimpressknow Change image and share on social
If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time. J. K. Rowling afraidcabinhold Change image and share on social
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. J. K. Rowling dreamdwellforget Change image and share on social
Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates. J. K. Rowling capricefateinoculate Change image and share on social
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. J. K. Rowling ambitionburncall Change image and share on social
I don't read 'chick lit,' fantasy or science fiction but I'll give any book a chance if it's lying there and I've got half an hour to kill. J. K. Rowling bookchancechick Change image and share on social