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“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
“The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great cautio...
“Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.”
“Death's got an Invisibility Cloak?" Harry interrupted again."So he can sneak up on people," said Ron. "Sometimes he get...
“You haven't got a letter on yours," George observed. "I suppose she thinks you don't forget your name. But we're not st...
“Why are they all staring?" demanded Albus as he and Rose craned around to look at the other students."Don’t let it worr...
“Now, you two – this year, you behave yourselves. If I get one more owl telling me you've – you've blown up a toilet or ...
“Is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', '...
“It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into ...
“Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here!”
“An Unbreakable Vow?" said Ron, looking stunned. "Nah, he can’t have.... Are you sure?""Yes I’m sure," said Harry. "Why,...
“But Dumbledore says he doesn't care what they do as long as they don't take him off the Chocolate Frog cards.”
“Don’t put your wand there, boy!” roared Moody. “What if it ignited? Better wizards than you have lost buttocks, you kno...
“I mean, you could claim thatanything'sreal if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody'sprovedit doesn't exist...
“How're we getting to King's Cross tomorrow, Dad?" asked Fred as they dug into a sumptuous pudding."The Ministry's provi...
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
“Do you remember me telling you we are practicing non-verbal spells, Potter?""Yes," said Harry stiffly."Yes, sir.""There...
“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”
“I DON'T CARE!" Harry yelled at them, snatching up a lunascope and throwing it into the fireplace. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH, I'V...
“He must have known I'd want to leave you.""No, he must have known you would always want to come back.”
“How do you feel, Georgie?" whispered Mrs. Weasley.George's fingers groped for the side of his head."Saintlike," he murm...
“Holey? You have the the whole world of ear-related humor before you, you go for holey?”
“Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the...
“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
“Ginny!" said Mr. Weasley, flabbergasted. "Haven't I taught you anything? What have I always told you? Never trust anyth...
“It's going to be all right, sir," Harry said over and over again, more worried by Dumbledore's silence than he had been...
“Harry - you're a great wizard, you know.""I'm not as good as you," said Harry, very embarrassed, as she let go of him."...
“Harry, don't go picking a row with Malfoy, don't forget, he's a prefect now, he could make life difficult for you...""W...
“We'll be there, Harry," said Ron"What?""At your Aunt and Uncle's house," said Ron, "And then we'll go with you wherever...
“Killing is not so easy as the innocent believe.”
“To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
“Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”
“Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other peop...
“Percy wouldn't notice a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing one of Dobby's hats.”
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“Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.”
“I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a go...
“Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.”
“Why were you lurking under our window?""Yes - yes, good point, Petunia! What were you doing under our windows, boy?""Li...
“Of all the trees we could've hit, we had to get one that hits back.”
“You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.”
“Why are you worrying about YOU-KNOW-WHO, when you should be worrying about YOU-NO-POO? The constipation sensation that'...
“Does it hurt?" The childish question had escaped Harry's lips before he could stop it."Dying? Not at all," said Sirius....
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“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.”
“As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, hum...
“I wish...I wishIwere dead...”“And what use would that be to anyone?”
“Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears...
“We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.”
“He can run faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo.”
“Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.”
“Don't talk to me.""Why not?""Because I want to fix that in my memory for ever. Draco Malfoy, the amazing bouncing ferre...
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“Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.”
“Oh well... I'd just been thinking, if you had died, you'd have been welcome to share my toilet.”
“One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair....
“Youth can not know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.”
“The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”
“Seventeen, eh!" said Hagrid as he accepted a bucket-sized glass of wine from Fred."Six years to the day we met, Harry, ...
“Sometimes you remind me a lot of James. He called it my 'furry little problem' in company. Many people were under the i...
“Here lies Dobby, a free elf.”
“The last words Albus Dumbledore spoke to the pair of us?'Harry is the best hope we have. Trust him.”
“What are you doing with all those books anyway?" Ron asked, limping back to his bed."Just trying to decide which ones t...
