The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at... - J.K. Rowling

"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."

"Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out."

"I mean, you could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist!"

"Is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me."

"Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences."