It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
—J. K. Rowling
It matters not what a person is born, but who they choose to be.
—J. K. Rowling
It’s a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.
—J. K. Rowling
Topics: Time
Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.
—J. K. Rowling
Topics: Thinking, Optimism
Nothing like a nighttime stroll to give you ideas.
—J. K. Rowling
Topics: Night
We must try not to sink beneath our anguish… but battle on.
—J. K. Rowling
Topics: Adversity
Time is making fools of us again.
—J. K. Rowling
Topics: Time
Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.
—J. K. Rowling
Topics: Understanding
Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.
—J. K. Rowling
It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
—J. K. Rowling
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