J. K. Rowling Quotes About Soul

Quotes about: Soul

• Whatever happens to your body, your soul will survive, untouched.

  J. K. Rowling

  Soul, Body, Whatever Happens

• You can exist without your soul, you know, as long as your brain and heart are still working. But you’ll have no sense of self anymore, no memory, no . . . anything. There’s no chance at all of recovery. You’ll just — exist. As an empty shell. And your soul is gone forever . . . lost.

  J. K. Rowling

  Memories, Heart, Recovery

  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ch. 12 (1999). Ellipsis in the original.

• Once, long ago, Parminder had told Barry the story of Bhai Kanhaiya, the Sikh hero who had administered to the needs of those wounded in combat, whether friend or fo. When asked why he gave aid indiscriminately, Bahai Kanhaiya had replied that the light of God shone from every soul, and that he had been unable to distinguish between them.

  J. K. Rowling

  Hero, Light, Long Ago

• Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk this earth. They infest the darkest, filthiest places, they glory in decay and despair, they drain peace, hope, and happiness out of the air around them. Even Muggles feel their presence, though they can’t see them. Get too near a Dementor and every good feeling, every happy memory will be sucked out of you. If it can, the Dementor will feed on you long enough to reduce you to something like itself — soul-less and evil. You’ll be left with nothing but the worst experiences of your life.

  J. K. Rowling

  Memories, Air, Long

• When we come face-to-face with one down a dark alley, we're going to be having a shufti to see if it's solid, aren't we, we're not going to be asking, 'Excuse me, are you the imprint of a departed soul?

  J. K. Rowling

  Dark, Soul, Departed

  "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". Book by J. K. Rowling, July 16, 2005.

• Killing rips the soul apart.

  J. K. Rowling

  Rip, Soul, Killing

• But before he went loopy he was the life and soul of the party," said Fred. "He used to down an entire bottle of firewhiskey, then run onto the dance floor, hoist up his robes, and start pulling bunches of flowers out of his--" Yes, he sounds like a real charmer," said Hermione, while Harry roared with laughter. Never married, for some reason," said Ron.

  J. K. Rowling

  Running, Laughter, Real

• Because to confide a part of your soul to something that can think and move for itself is obviously a very risky business.

  J. K. Rowling

  Moving, Thinking, Soul

• Excuse me, are you the imprint of a departed soul?

  J. K. Rowling

  Soul, Departed, Funny Harry Potter

  "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". Book by J. K. Rowling, 2005.

• Personally, I'd have welcomed a dementor attack. A deadly struggle for my soul would have broken the monotony nicely.

  J. K. Rowling

  Struggle, Broken, Soul

  J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, p.79, Pottermore

• Well, you split your soul, you see, and hide part of it in an object outside the body. Then, even if one’s body is attacked or destroyed, one cannot die, for part of the soul remains earthbound and undamaged. But of course, existence in such a form . . .

  J. K. Rowling

  Soul, Body, Splits

• Bless my soul,” whispered the old bartender, “Harry Potter . . . what an honor.

  J. K. Rowling

  Soul, Honor, Potters

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