"The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution." ― J. K. Rowling Topic(s): Great More From J. K. Rowling "To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure." "‘Harry Potter’ gave me back self respect. Harry gave me a job to do that I loved more than anything else." "Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me." More In Great "When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools."― William Shakespeare "Americans are blessed with great plenty; we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from poverty, disease, war and famine."― Adam Schiff "It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs."― Thomas Hardy