The Quotable JKR

[Sarah Rettger]

No: HPFGUIDX 7683

My morning was spent devouring my new copy of _The
Quotable Woman_, a compilation of women's words of
wisdom.  The authors saw fit to include JKR's words in
4 different categories.

Courage:

There are all kinds of courage.  It takes a great deal
of bravery to stand up to our enemies - but it takes
just as much to stand up to our friends.

Death:

To the well-organized mind, death is but the next
great adventure.

Fear:

Always use the proper name for things.  Fear of the
name increases fear of the thing itself.

Money:

As much money and life as you could want - the two
things most human beings would choose above all.  The
trouble is that humans do have a knack for choosing
precisely those things that are worst for them.


It doesn't surpise me that every one of these
quotations was taken straight from the mouth of
Professor Dumbledore.  I've always thought JKR did
some of her best writing with him.  If it had been up
to me, though, one more quotation would have been
included in the friendship category: "But from that
moment on, Hermione Granger became their friend. 
There are some things you can't share without ending
up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot
mountain troll is one of them."

Sarah



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Don't refuse to go on an occasional wild goose chase.  That's what wild geese are for. -- Anon.

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. -- A. A. Milne

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