“She might even have grown to love him romantically (she certainly loved him as a friend) if he had not loved Dark Magic so much, and been drawn to such loathesome people and acts.”

— J.K. Rowling, Bloomsbury web chat after Deathly Hallows (30 July 2007), on Lily Evans and Severus Snape

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.”

“Love and what generates it. Rebellion and what creates it. Liberty and what nourishes it. Three manifestations of God.”

“They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.”

“You know my friends, there comes a time when people get tired of being trampled by the iron feet of oppression.”

“If you are penitent, you love. And if you love you are of God. All things are atoned for, all things are saved by love.”

“But it has always happened that the more I detest men individually the more ardent becomes my love for humanity.”

“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be.”