![The best of us must sometimes eat our words.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GF96IOsHBwk/X0bO5SPz5WI/AAAAAAAAE3Q/5ZRq4vMZ8zMhCf7-I3boxSCgRO8A7u1ZwCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/the-best-of-us-must-sometimes-eat-our-words-quotes-by-j-k-rowling-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-best.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: J. K. Rowling
![The best of us must sometimes eat our words.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GF96IOsHBwk/X0bO5SPz5WI/AAAAAAAAE3Q/5ZRq4vMZ8zMhCf7-I3boxSCgRO8A7u1ZwCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/the-best-of-us-must-sometimes-eat-our-words-quotes-by-j-k-rowling-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-best.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![That’s chess!” snapped Ron. “You’ve got to make some sacrifices!](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Q-QAaaQjXjs/X1uISllG9RI/AAAAAAAAKIw/Stv_R0M_5cMYt43UMKhXQ0CDO2FNhq__gCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/thats-chess-snapped-ron-youve-got-to-make-some-sacrifices.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
That’s chess!” snapped Ron. “You’ve got to make some sacrifices!
![I am a wizard, not a baboon brandishing a stick.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ky3H15hYTxs/X1to6w_6BeI/AAAAAAAAG3Y/dKe8oXpziIw4S2TkbQsYYZLEBhEhSHq5gCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-am-a-wizard-not-a-baboon-brandishing-a-stick.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I am a wizard, not a baboon brandishing a stick.
![I have gone temporarily deaf and haven’t any idea what you said, Harry.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OqbQ7zC1Rcw/X1tqvtPutJI/AAAAAAAAHHA/UT4S-wOe_FAQw-KeVUIdRGXhST-efba6QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-have-gone-temporarily-deaf-and-havent-any-idea-what-you-said-harry.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I have gone temporarily deaf and haven’t any idea what you said, Harry.
![Well you seemed too busy to call him a prat and I thought someone should.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wvRlctFF45g/X1uPmE5g_zI/AAAAAAAALNg/jNW3hd21DWQ2vgJCFcieLGDV6aiDCmNWgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/well-you-seemed-too-busy-to-call-him-a-prat-and-i-thought-someone-should.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Well you seemed too busy to call him a prat and I thought someone should.
![Whatever happens to your body, your soul will survive, untouched…](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cdqDcIejhmw/X1uQFOXMP_I/AAAAAAAALTg/ZRBE20N6FTkZy3-4x_9scIKmS6gDWPSRACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/whatever-happens-to-your-body-your-soul-will-survive-untouched.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Whatever happens to your body, your soul will survive, untouched…
![You are protected, in short, by your ability to love!](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FUQ5s-hZrws/X1uSenRMAqI/AAAAAAAALqo/VTZWkBwMCckahulO8yPZndThXO1GLfXJgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/you-are-protected-in-short-by-your-ability-to-love.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
You are protected, in short, by your ability to love!
![Death is just life’s next big adventure.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Pw1qbgobfUk/X0a_osPOXcI/AAAAAAAAB0Q/IaTSjqsyIAcuijidvFke08iwJujc9kZBwCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw1quf-gU/w750-h750-p/death-is-just-lifes-next-big-adventure-quotes-by-j-k-rowling-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-death.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Death is just life’s next big adventure.
![I received free health care.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zH-Uleco6xs/X0bHl3-vUWI/AAAAAAAADnY/HXUk-up36CcVz8RvcUayS_OSCxco4sPTgCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/i-received-free-health-care-quotes-by-j-k-rowling-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-health.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I received free health care.
![It is impossible to manufacture or imitate love.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HnlRED4WxII/X1tvKhP3b-I/AAAAAAAAH0k/jw514Y8hKhs5NUgQLqTok2hHEawQjYeBgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/it-is-impossible-to-manufacture-or-imitate-love.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
It is impossible to manufacture or imitate love.
![Hope springs forever.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D10N-mxCZDc/X1topkVKqiI/AAAAAAAAGzE/towqixpXH3cAI62rqnWUv4E9iifdB2-RgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/hope-springs-forever.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Hope springs forever.
![Nothing like a nighttime stroll to give you ideas.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CidMzVdt5JI/X1t3jTotyiI/AAAAAAAAIt4/B-n8TamJ4REr5n1yRGXrKw-zDJCi-6NlwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/nothing-like-a-nighttime-stroll-to-give-you-ideas.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)