“Lupin’s condition of lycanthropy (being a werewolf) was a metaphor for those illnesses that carry a stigma, like HIV and AIDS.”

— J.K. Rowling, Pottermore Presents, Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies (6 September 2016)

About J.K. Rowling

Born 1965

British author of the 'Harry Potter' series, who gave the Harvard commencement address 'The Fringe Benefits of Failure' in 2008.

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all.”

“It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies; but a great deal more to stand up to your friends.”

“Now, I am not going to stand here and tell you that failure is fun.”

“Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.”

“There be none of Beauty's daughters with a magic like thee; and like music on the waters is thy sweet voice to me.”

“At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it.”

“I've found that there is always some beauty left — in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.”

“Warriors of the light are not perfect. Their beauty lies in accepting this fact and still desiring to grow and to learn.”

“There is a science of intelligent living, an art of being fully human, in which we all can and ought to be creative.”