Wisdom worth sharing, words worth remembering.
However my parents – both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.
Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity it is the power to that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.
Whether you come back by page or by the big screen Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.
I received free health care.
The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing and must therefore be treated with great caution.
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies but just as much to stand up to our friends.
Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign even in the wizarding world.
Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself but poverty itself is romanticized by fools.
I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized and I still had a daughter who I adored and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.
I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.
The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous and I never dreamt I would be famous.