More quotes by J.K. Rowling

"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default."
"The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure."
"I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book."
"Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life."
"We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already."