He was slumped in the back, gazing out of the window, as though his parents were two people who had picked him up hitchhiking, connected to him merely by chance and proximity.
J. K. RowlingSome failure in life is inevitable. 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. Failure gave me an inner security that I had never obtained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things that I could not have learned any other way. I discovered I had a strong will and more discipline than I had suspected.
J. K. RowlingThere is no part of me that feels that I represented myself as your childrenโs babysitter or their teacher. I was always, I think, completely honest. Iโm a writer, and I will write what I want to write.
J. K. Rowling