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

Quote by J K Rowling

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To the philosopher, death is but the next great adventure.

To the philosopher, death is but the next great adventure.

The best of us must sometimes eat our words.

The best of us must sometimes eat our words.

I really don't believe in magic.

I really don't believe in magic.

What's coming will come and we'll just have to meet it when it does.

What's coming will come and we'll just have to meet it when it does.

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

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

If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin...

If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin...

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our friends, but just...

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our friends, but just...

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats...

If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats...

Of all the trees we could've hit, we had to pick one that fights back.

Of all the trees we could've hit, we had to pick one that fights back.

Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they...

Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they...

I will carry on writing, to be sure. But I don't know if I would...

I will carry on writing, to be sure. But I don't know if I would...

There is no good or evil: only power and those too weak to seak it.

There is no good or evil: only power and those too weak to seak it.

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

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

Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not and...

Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not and...

When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens...

When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens...

Empathy depends not only on one's ability to identify someone else's emotions but also on...

Empathy depends not only on one's ability to identify someone else's emotions but also on...

When you smiled you had my undivided attention. When you laughed you had my urge...

When you smiled you had my undivided attention. When you laughed you had my urge...

I have discovered that people with money have no imagination, and people with imagination have...

I have discovered that people with money have no imagination, and people with imagination have...

Just as energy is the basis of life itself, and ideas the source of innovation,...

Just as energy is the basis of life itself, and ideas the source of innovation,...

Necessity, the mother of invention

Necessity, the mother of invention