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J.K. Rowling’s Commencement Speech at Harvard
On failure
“There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction.”
“Rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”
“…some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you’ve lived so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all. In which case you’ve failed by default.”
On imagination
“Unlike any other creature on this planet, human beings can learn and understand without having experienced. They can think themselves into other people’s places.”
“The willfully unimaginative see more monsters, they are often more afraid.”
“As is a tale, so is life. Not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.”
