The best Quotes from The Ickabog

Once upon a time, there was a tiny country called Cornucopia, which had been ruled for centuries by a long line of fair-haired kings. The king at the time of which I write was called King Fred the Fearless. He'd announced the ‘Fearless’ bit himself, on the morning of his coronation, partly because it sounded nice with 'Fred', but also because he'd once managed to catch and kill a wasp all by himself, if you didn't count five footmen and the boot boy.

Joanne K. Rowling

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Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.

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Hogwarts

I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.

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Books Reading

If you don't like to read you haven't found the right book.

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Books Reading

The dedication of this book is split seven ways: To Neil, to Jessica, to David, to Kenzie, to Di, to Anne, and to you, if you have stuck with Harry until the very end.

Joanne K. Rowling in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Book Dedications & Preambles

We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.

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Imagination Magic

Sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

Joanne K. Rowling - via Twitter, 05.09.2019

The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.

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Writing

I do have a tendency to walk on the dark side sometimes. I have suffered from depression, I know how that feels, I have an innate inclination that way. Writing does help with that.

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Writing Depression

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 have failed by default.

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Failures & Mistakes Taking action Motivation

I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.

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Talent

The internet has been a boon and a curse for teenagers.

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Internet Teenagers

Ultimately, she had a bigger heart than she had a brain, and that's saying something for Hermione.

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A lot of people say that Slytherins and Gryffindors represent two sides of the same coin.

Joanne K. Rowling in Wizarding World

Gryffindor Slytherin

As we have developed the game of Quidditch, so it has developed us; Quidditch unites witches and wizards from all walks of life, bringing us together to share moments of exhilaration, triumph and (for those who support the Chudley Cannons) despair.

Joanne K. Rowling - Quidditch Through the Ages

Quidditch

But we're not bad people. We're like our emblem, the snake: sleek, powerful, and frequently misunderstood.

Joanne K. Rowling in Wizarding World

Slytherin Snakes

Magic causes as much trouble as it cures.

Joanne K. Rowling in The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Magic

If you need to tell your readers something...there are only two characters that you can put it convincingly into their dialogue. One is Hermione, the other is Dumbledore. In both cases you accept, it's plausible that they have, well Dumbledore knows pretty much everything anyway, but that Hermione has read it somewhere.

Joanne K. Rowling

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.

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Failures & Mistakes

Ravenclaws are famous for clambering over each other to get good marks.

Joanne K. Rowling in Wizarding World

Ravenclaw

Speaking of eccentrics, you'll like our Head of house, Professor Filius Flitwick. People often underestimate him, because he's really tiny (we think he's part elf, but we've never been rude enough to ask) and he's got a squeaky voice, but he's the best and most knowledgeable Charms master alive in the world today. His office door is always open to any Ravenclaw with a problem, and if you're in a real state he'll get out these delicious little cupcakes he keeps in a tin in his desk drawer and make them do a little dance for you. In fact, it's worth pretending you're in a real state just to see them jive.

Joanne K. Rowling in Wizarding World - about Professor Flitwick

Filius Flitwick

My aim is to win the World Cup before I die.

Viktor Krum in Wizarding World - during the Quidditch World Cup 2014

Quidditch

Our emblem is the eagle, which soars where others cannot climb; our house colours are blue and bronze, and our common room is found at the top of Ravenclaw Tower, behind a door with an enchanted knocker. The arched windows set into the walls of our circular common room look down at the school grounds: the lake, the Forbidden Forest, the Quidditch pitch and the Herbology gardens. No other house in the school has such stunning views.

Joanne K. Rowling in Wizarding World

Ravenclaw

Our emblem is the lion, the bravest of all creatures; our house colours are scarlet and gold, and our common room lies up in Gryffindor Tower.

Joanne K. Rowling in Wizarding World

Gryffindor

Our emblem is the badger, an animal that is often underestimated, because it lives quietly until attacked, but which, when provoked, can fight off animals much larger than itself, including wolves. Our house colours are yellow and black, and our common room lies one floor below the ground, on the same corridor as the kitchens.

Joanne K. Rowling in Wizarding World

Hufflepuff

Another cool thing about Ravenclaw is that our people are the most individual – some might even call them eccentrics. But geniuses are often out of step with ordinary folk, and unlike some other houses we could mention, we think you've got the right to wear what you like, believe what you want, and say what you feel. We aren't put off by people who march to a different tune; on the contrary, we value them!

Joanne K. Rowling in Wizarding World

Ravenclaw

Our emblem is the serpent, the wisest of creatures; our house colours are emerald green and silver, and our common room lies behind a concealed entrance down in the dungeons. As you'll see, its windows look out into the depths of the Hogwarts lake.

Joanne K. Rowling in Wizarding World

Slytherin Snakes

Merlin was a Slytherin. Yes, Merlin himself, the most famous wizard in history!

Joanne K. Rowling in Wizarding World

Merlin Slytherin

No man or woman alive, magical or not, has ever escaped some form of injury, whether physical, mental, or emotional. To hurt is as human as to breathe.