J. K. Rowling Quotes About Literature

Quotes about: Literature

• If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

  J. K. Rowling

  Life, Attitude, Equality

• The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.

  J. K. Rowling

  Beautiful, Truth, Literature

• Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Knack, Literature

• Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.

  J. K. Rowling

  Literature, Pinnacle, Austen

• Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

  J. K. Rowling

  Voice, Literature, World

  J. K. Rowling (1999). “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, Raincoast Books

• 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

  Learning, Priorities, Literature

• Harry's status as orphan gives him a freedom other children can only dream about (guiltily, of course). No child wants to lose their parents, yet the idea of being removed from the expectations of parents is alluring. The orphan in literature is freed from the obligation to satisfy his/her parents, and from the inevitable realization that his/her parents are flawed human beings. There is something liberating, too, about being transported into the kind of surrogate family which boarding school represents, where the relationships are less intense and the boundaries perhaps more clearly defined.

  J. K. Rowling

  Dream, Children, School

• There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.

  J. K. Rowling

  Funny Friendship, Liking Someone, Potters

• Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with.

  J. K. Rowling

  Literature, Hagrid, Ashamed

• Children's books aren't textbooks. Their primary purpose isn't supposed to be "Pick this up and it will teach you this." It's not how literature should be. You probably do learn something from every book you pick up, but it might be simply how to laugh.

  J. K. Rowling

  Children, Book, Laughing

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