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"Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that [Harry Potter author] Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and [Twilight author] Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good."
— Stephen King

tags: harry, jk, meyer, potter, rowling, stephanie, twilight
166 people liked it

"Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death and judgment. For even the very wise cannot see all ends."
— J.R.R. Tolkien (The Fellowship of the Ring)

tags: compassion, justice, mercy
846 people liked it

"Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth."
— J.K. Rowling

13 people liked it

"It takes much bravery to stand up to our enemies but we need as much bravery to stand up to our friends."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

tags: courage, friends
1,385 people liked it

"I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself"
— J.K. Rowling

11 people liked it

"Ginny!" said Mr. Weasley, flabbergasted. "Haven't I taught you anything? What have I always told you? Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps it's brain?"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

tags: humor, trust
369 people liked it

"The best of us must sometimes eat our words."
— J.K. Rowling

120 people liked it

"It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be."
— J.K. Rowling

tags: dumbledore
905 people liked it

"If more of us valued food and cheer above hoarded gold, it would be a much merrier world."
— J.R.R. Tolkien

tags: food, happiness
482 people liked it

"All we have is to decide what to do with the time that is given to us. "
— J.R.R. Tolkien (The Fellowship of the Ring)

tags: adventuring, death, screenplay
808 people liked it

"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by frost."
— J.R.R. Tolkien (The Fellowship of the Ring)

tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither
6,438 people liked it

"It's a dangerous business going out your front door."
— J.R.R. Tolkien

15 people liked it

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
— J.R.R. Tolkien (The Fellowship of the Ring)

tags: family, friends, parties, social
1,010 people liked it

"...remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation."
— Abigail Adams

tags: equality, gender, law, men, politics, rights, women, womens
43 people liked it

"Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes."
— Mae West

tags: justice, women
95 people liked it

"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it."
— Martin Luther King Jr.

tags: hate, love
12 people liked it

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
— Martin Luther King Jr.

705 people liked it

"If you think you can or if you think you can't your right"
— Kristina Ford

1 person liked it

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia."
— Charles Shulz

20 people liked it

"I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind! The answer is twelve? I think I'm in the wrong building."
— Charles M. Schulz

tags: education, humor
62 people liked it

"My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right?"
— Charles M. Schulz

30 people liked it

"There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker. "
— Charles M. Schulz

18 people liked it

"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."
— Dr. Seuss

tags: life
1,994 people liked it

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
— Dr. Seuss

tags: cry, crying, experience, happiness, joy, life, optimism, sadness, smile, smiling
15,266 people liked it

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells."
— Dr. Seuss

tags: fantasy
4,151 people liked it

"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

tags: integrity
3,997 people liked it

"You're the one who is weak. You will never know love or friendship. And I feel sorry for you."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

tags: friendship, love, weakness
1,554 people liked it

"Do you remember me telling you we are practicing non-verbal spells, Potter?"
"Yes," said Harry stiffly.
"Yes, sir."
"There's no need to call me "sir" Professor."
The words had escaped him before he knew what he was saying."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)

tags: humor, rebellion, sarcasm
846 people liked it

"I’m going to keep going until I succeed — or die. Don’t think I don’t know how this might end. I’ve known it for years. "
— J.K. Rowling

202 people liked it

"The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls, to be perused by an invader. The mind is a complex and many-layered thing."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

tags: mind, thoughts
158 people liked it

"For Harry Potter I have all the time in the world."
— Philippa Gregory

109 people liked it

"'Don't talk to me.'
'Why not?'
'Because I want to fix that in my memory for ever. Draco Malfoy, the amazing bouncing ferret...' "
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

tags: ferret, humor
177 people liked it

"Cinderella? Snow White? What's that? An illness?"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

tags: fairytales
185 people liked it

"Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

tags: hermione
766 people liked it

"Of all the trees we could've hit, we had to pick one that fights back."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

tags: humor
158 people liked it

"HELLO? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? I-WANT-TO-TALK-TO-HARRY-POTTER!"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)

87 people liked it

"You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts...but you cannot deny he's got style..."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

169 people liked it

"We'll all keep fighting, you know that right, Harry?"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

63 people liked it

"'You're a prefect? Oh Ronnie! That's everyone in the family!'

'What are Fred and I? Next door neighbors?'"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

195 people liked it

"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?"
— J.K. Rowling

tags: dumbledore, harry, potter
54 people liked it

""Constant vigilance!""
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

44 people liked it

"Uncle Vernon: What were you doing under our window, boy?
Harry Potter: Listening to the news.
Uncle Vernon: Listening to the news! Again?
Harry: Well, it changes every day, you see."
— J.K. Rowling

45 people liked it

"Why are they all staring?" demanded Albus as he and Rose craned around to look at the other students.

"Don’t let it worry you," said Ron. "It’s me. I’m extremely famous.""
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

tags: fame, humor
140 people liked it

"Lockhart'll sign anything if it stands still long enough."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

59 people liked it

"'Seventeen, eh!' said Hagrid as he accepted a bucket-sized glass of wine from Fred.
'Six years to the day we met, Harry, d’yeh remember it?'
'Vaguely,' said Harry, grinning up at him. 'Didn’t you smash down the front door, give Dudley a pig’s tail, and tell me I was a wizard?'
'I forge’ the details,' Hagrid chortled."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

99 people liked it

"I WILL NOT TOLERATE MENTION OF YOUR ABNORMALITY UNDER THIS ROOF!"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

tags: humor, uncle-vernon
20 people liked it

""In dreams, we enter a world that's entirely our own.""
— J.K. Rowling

tags: dreams
18 people liked it

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

tags: dreams, life
2,194 people liked it

""She's Ron's sister.
But she's ditched Dean!
She's still Ron's sister.
I'm his best mate!
That'll make it worse.
If I talked to him first-
He'd hit you.
What if I don't care?
He's your best mate!"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)

19 people liked it

"There are two types of people in this world. People who hate clowns...and clowns. (Bobby Pendragon)"
— D.J. MacHale (The Quillan Games)

tags: clowns, humor, people
353 people liked it

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