“Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.”

J.K. Rowling

Painterly spectacles and a slender wooden wand on rumpled bedding lit by a bedside lantern. — Original artwork

Harry did not usually lie in bed reading his textbooks; that sort of behaviour, as Ron rightly said, was indecent in anybody except Hermione, who was simply weird that way.

J.K. Rowling

I am a wizard, not a baboon brandishing a stick.

J.K. Rowling

A blank cream card leaning against a pot of purple flowers beside a curled gold ribbon on a peach background. — Original artwork

“I’d love to go with you as friends! Nobody’s ever asked me to a party before, as a friend!”

J.K. Rowling

A pewter goblet spilling violet ink onto a saucer beside a cracked glass lens on a dark purple background. — Original artwork

“I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being–forgive me–rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.”

J.K. Rowling

A small wooden desk holds a green slate with a copper tick mark and a crumpled paper ball. — Original artwork

People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.

J.K. Rowling

“You prat Ron, look at the state of her!” “Ginny, don’t call Ron a prat, you’re not the captain of this team—” “Well, you seemed too busy to call him a prat and I thought someone should.”

J.K. Rowling