Harry Potter Quotes
J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter book series and the accompanying films have inspired a generation of young (and old) people to love reading and dream of a world where anything is possible. Harry Potter quotes are filled with magic, wonder, and surprising bits of wisdom that can be applied to even a Muggle’s everyday life.
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Dobby hears things, sir, he is a house-elf, he goes all over the castle as he lights the fires and mops the floors
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More Harry Potter Quotes
“This, sir?” said Dobby, plucking at the pillowcase. “‘Tis a mark of the house-elf’s enslavement, sir. Dobby can only be freed if his masters present him with clothes, sir."
J. K. Rowling— Dobby the House Elf in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
You foul, loathsome, evil little cockroach!
hermione Granger— Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Emma Watson
Nothing like a nighttime stroll to give you ideas.
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 25, said by Barty Crouch Jr., impersonating Mad-Eye Moody (2000).
Don't worry. You're just as sane as I am.
J. K. Rowling— Luna Lovegood, Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix, Chaper 10, (2003).
Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
Albus Dumbledore— Played by Sir Michael Gambon in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (2004), based on the book by J. K. Rowling.
Do not pity the dead, Harry, pity the living, and above all those who live without love.
J. K. Rowling— Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows
It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 18, said by Albus Dumbledore (1998).
We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.
Sirius Black— Sirius Black played by Gary Oldman in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2007), based on the book by J. K. Rowling.
Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.
Luna Lovegood— Luna Lovegood, played by Evanna Lynch in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"(2007), based on the book by J. K. Rowling.
It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 36, said by Albus Dumbledore (2000).
But the thing is, you mustn’t go doing anything stupid.
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Prinsoner of Azkaban, Chapter 11, said by Hermione Granger (1999).
"The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution."
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 17, said by Albus Dumbledore (1997).
I'm worth twelve of you, Malfoy.
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 13, Neville Longbottom (1997).
"Death's got an Invisibility Cloak?" Harry interrupted again. "So he can sneak up on people," said Ron. "Sometimes he gets bored of running at them, flapping his arms and shrieking..."
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 21 (2007)
Rowling speaks to an adult generation that hasn't known and doesn't care about mystery. They are inhabitants of urban jungles, not of the real wild. They don't have the skills to tell ersatz magic from the real thing, for as children they daily invested the ersatz with what imagination they had.
a. s. byatt— In the New York Times, 8 July 2003.
“I am not worried, Harry,” said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. “I am with you.”
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 26, said by Albus Dumbledore (2005).
We could have all been killed – or worse, expelled.
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 9, said by Hermione Granger (1997).
Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain.
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 19, said by Mr. Arthur Weasley (1998).
"I’m not going to be murdered," Harry said out loud. "That’s the spirit, dear," said his mirror sleepily.
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, said by Harry Potter in Chapter 4 (1999).
There are some things you can’t share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Socerer's Stone, Chapter 10 (1997)
“After all this time?” “Always.”
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 33, said by Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape, respectively (2007).
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 17, said by Albus Dumbledore (1997).
No good sittin' worryin' abou' it. What's comin' will come, an' we'll meet it when it does.
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 37, said by Rubeus Hagrid (2000).
If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 27, said by Sirius Black (2000).
We are all human, aren’t we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 22, said by Kingsley Shacklebolt (2007).
Neither can live while the other survives...
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 37, prophecy about the 'Chosen One' and Voldemort by Sybill Trelawney (2003).
Books! And cleverness! There are more important things – friendship and bravery and – oh Harry – be careful!
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 16, said by Hermione Granger (1997).
All those poor elves I haven't set free yet, having to stay over during Christmas because there aren't enough hats!
J. K. Rowling— Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Dumbledore becomes both a friend and mentor to young Harry, providing some of the best quotes in the series along the way. In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, he offers the essential truth "It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, his ghost says, “Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love."
Harry Potter quotes inspire children to study hard and work to expand their minds. Throughout the series, battles are fought with skill and intellect instead of pure physical strength. In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Severus Snape says, "The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls, to be perused by an invader. The mind is a complex and many-layered thing."
The idea of having a grand destiny is a theme that runs throughout the series, with young Harry beginning as a mistreated orphan and ending up one of the most powerful wizards in the world. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling writes, "It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!"
