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J. K. Rowlingborn 1965

J. K. Rowling on life and death

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

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

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It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.
Harvard address (2008)
- Failure
The world is full of wonderful things you haven’t seen yet. Don’t ever give up on the chance of seeing them.
Online tweet, in response to an extremely depressed person contemplating suicide, as quoted in “J.K. Rowling Sends Beautiful Message to Fan Who Wants to ‘Finally Give Up’” by Alex Ungerman ET Online (5 May 2015)
- Hope
- Inspiration
The Internet doesn’t just offer opportunities for misogynistic abuse, you know. Penis enlargers can also be bought discreetly.
Tweet (8 May 2015), as cited in “J.K. Rowling Burns Twitter Troll With ‘Penis Enlargers’ Joke”, The Hollywood Reporter (8 May 2015)
- Clever Jabs
- Internet

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More about life and death

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.
John Lennon1940–1980Double Fantasy (1980), “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)”
Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
James Dean1931–1955
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Mahatma Gandhi1869–1948
- Education

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