Yesterday afternoon J.K. Rowling
attended the Harvard university commencement where she received an honorary degree and gave a speech. Coverage of the day can be found in this article.
Jo's entire speech can be read
here. An audio version is also available at that link. A video of the speech can be viewed
here thanks to
The Leaky Cauldron.
Quote:
"We do not need magic to transform our world," she said. "We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already; we have the power to imagine better."
Quote:
"Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation," Rowling said. "In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity; it is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared."
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"The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are ever after secure in your ability to survive," Rowling said. "You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity."
She called such knowledge "a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more to me than any qualification I ever earned."
We have 16 photos, which can all be viewed
here thanks to
UHP.
