Humor Quote by J.K. Rowling — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Human efforts to avoid or overcome death are always doomed to disappointment.”

“For instance, this new idea that You-Know-Who can kill with a single glance from his eyes. That’s a basilisk, listeners. One simple test: Check whether the thing that’s glaring at you has got legs. If it has, it’s safe to look into its eyes, although if it really is You-Know-Who, that’s still likely to be the last thing you ever do.”

“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.”

“I don't mean to be rude—" he began, in a tone that threatened rudeness in every syllable.”

“I've never stunned anyone except in our D.A. lessons," said Luna, sounding mildly interested. "That was noisier than I thought it would be.”

“Oh, of course," said Ron, clapping a hand to his forehead. "I forgot we'll be hunting down Voldemort in a mobile library.”

“My tendency to make up stories and lie compulsively for the sake of my own amusement takes up a good portion of my day and provides me with a peace of mind not easily attainable in this economic climate.”

“tanith: have you called the police?”

“Just sit tight. Reinforcements should be here soon. Hopefully nothing happens before-”

“Burn you, Nerim, that's a leg not a bloody side of beef!”

“Grabbing a scarf off the chair, I threw it at him.”

“Even now, despite Angeline's watchfulness, she'd occasionally oscillate between random topics, like how shepherd's pie wasn't a pie at all and why it was pointless for her to take class in typing when technology would eventually develop robot companions to do it for us.”