JK Rowling doesn’t hold back!

For true fans, I don’t have to tell you what happens tonight. It’s been years. We’ve waited. Even patiently at times. For some of us, we never thought this day would come.

Here are 18 quotes for those that are finding it difficult to push through another day and for the hearts that know defeat.

How funny that what I thought I wanted the most became the thing slowly destroying me from the inside out. He was toxic.

“It’s amazing that the heart makes no noise when it cracks.”

It makes sense that the American houses of Ilvermorny, as founded by completely different wizards, would represent different traits and values.

Draco knows what he’s worth and gets what he wants. That’s got to translate well in the sack. I just can’t imagine Harry being able to get down and dirty without crying or asking “Am I hurting you?”

“The Internet doesn’t just offer opportunities for misogynistic abuse, you know. Penis enlargers can also be bought discreetly.”

In a recent column, publishing consultant Mike Shatzkin questions whether big publishers’ Agency pricing may be working against them. And he listens for the growl of a major author jumping to the indie side.

Harry Potter is never far from my mind or my heart. Call it childish dreaming, pitiful naiveté, or just being nerdy, but Harry Potter has shaped my life.