November 18th, 2017 | Updated on February 16th, 2022
1. 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
2. It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.-J.K. Rowling
3. It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.-J.K. Rowling
4. I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.-J.K. Rowling
5. It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.-J.K. Rowling
6. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.-J.K. Rowling Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?-J.K. Rowling
7. To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.-J.K. Rowling
8. It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.-J.K. Rowling
9. Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.-J.K. Rowling
10. Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.”After all this time?””Always,” said Snape.-J.K. Rowling
11. Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.-J.K. Rowling
12. The truth.” Dumbledore sighed. “It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.-J.K. Rowling
13. Do you remember me telling you we are practicing non-verbal spells, Potter?””Yes,” said Harry stiffly.”Yes, sir.””There’s no need to call me “sir” Professor.”The words had escaped him before he knew what he was saying.-J.K. Rowling
14. Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn’t mean we all have.-J.K. Rowling
15. Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.-J.K. Rowling
16. We’re all human, aren’t we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.-J.K. Rowling
17. Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.-J.K. Rowling
18. He can run faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo.-J.K. Rowling
19. Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people’s business.Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony, and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git.Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a professor.Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slimeball.-J.K. Rowling
20. We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.-J.K. Rowling
21. Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.-J.K. Rowling
22. Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?””Yes.””You called her a liar?””Yes.””You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?””Yes.””Have a biscuit, Potter.-J.K. Rowling
23. 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
24. You’re a prefect? Oh Ronnie! That’s everyone in the family!””What are Fred and I? Next door neighbors?-J.K. Rowling
25. I DON’T CARE!” Harry yelled at them, snatching up a lunascope and throwing it into the fireplace. “I’VE HAD ENOUGH, I’VE SEEN ENOUGH, I WANT OUT, I WANT IT TO END, I DON’T CARE ANYMORE!””You do care,” said Dumbledore. He had not flinched or made a single move to stop Harry demolishing his office. His expression was calm, almost detached. “You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.-J.K. Rowling
26. It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.-J.K. Rowling
27. Not my daughter, you bitch!-J.K. Rowling
28. Percy wouldn’t notice a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing one of Dobby’s hats.-J.K. Rowling
29. You haven’t got a letter on yours,” George observed. “I suppose she thinks you don’t forget your name. But we’re not stupid-we know we’re called Gred and Forge.-J.K. Rowling
30. Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.-J.K. Rowling
31. Don’t talk to me.” “Why not?” “Because I want to fix that in my memory for ever. Draco Malfoy, the amazing bouncing ferret…-J.K. Rowling
32. You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts…but you cannot deny he’s got style…-J.K. Rowling
33. We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.-J.K. Rowling
34. Why are they all staring?” demanded Albus as he and Rose craned around to look at the other students.”Don’t let it worry you,” said Ron. “It’s me. I’m extremely famous.-J.K. Rowling
35. He must have known I’d want to leave you.” “No, he must have known you would always want to come back.-J.K. Rowling
36. Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.-J.K. Rowling
37. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.-J.K. Rowling
38. Cinderella? Snow White? What’s that? An illness?-J.K. Rowling
39. Albus Severus,” Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who was now on the train, “you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.-J.K. Rowling
40. Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.-J.K. Rowling
41. How do you feel, Georgie?” whispered Mrs. Weasley.George’s fingers groped for the side of his head.”Saintlike,” he murmured.”What’s wrong with him?” croaked Fred, looking terrified. “Is his mind affected?””Saintlike,” repeated George, opening his eyes and looking up at his brother. “You see…I’m HOLEY, Fred, geddit?-J.K. Rowling
42. Holey? You have the the whole world of ear-related humor before you, you go for holey?-J.K. Rowling
43. 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 good book.-J.K. Rowling
44. 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 ” “Blown up a toilet? We’ve never blown up a toilet.”Great idea though, thanks, Mum.-J.K. Rowling
45. There was a clatter as the basilisk fangs cascaded out of Hermione’s arms. Running at Ron, she flung them around his neck and kissed him full on the mouth. Ron threw away the fangs and broomstick he was holding and responded with such enthusiasm that he lifted Hermione off her feet. “Is this the moment?” Harry asked weakly, and when nothing happened except that Ron and Hermione gripped each other still more firmly and swayed on the spot, he raised his voice. “OI! There’s a war going on here!” Ron and Hermione broke apart, their arms still around each other. “I know, mate,” said Ron, who looked as though he had recently been hit on the back of the head with a Bludger, “so it’s now or never, isn’t it?” “Never mind that, what about the Horcrux?” Harry shouted. “D’you think you could just — just hold it in, until we’ve got the diadem?” “Yeah — right — sorry —” said Ron, and he and Hermione set about gathering up fangs, both pink in the face.-J.K. Rowling
46. You’ll stay with me?’ Until the very end,’ said James.-J.K. Rowling
47. Oh well… I’d just been thinking, if you had died, you’d have been welcome to share my toilet.-J.K. Rowling
48. Is ‘fat’ really the worst thing a human being can be? Is ‘fat’ worse than ‘vindictive’, ‘jealous’, ‘shallow’, ‘vain’, ‘boring’ or ‘cruel’? Not to me.-J.K. Rowling
49. The thing about growing up with Fred and George,” said Ginny thoughtfully, “is that you sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.-J.K. Rowling
50. Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head!-J.K. Rowling
51. Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.-J.K. Rowling
52. It is my belief… that the truth is generally preferable to lies.-J.K. Rowling
53. It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Some people, perhaps, would say that there was little to choose between the two ways, but Dumbledore knew – and so do I, thought Harry, with a rush of fierce pride, and so did my parents – that there was all the difference in the world.-J.K. Rowling
54. Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.-J.K. Rowling
55.Why were you lurking under our window?” “Yes – yes, good point, Petunia! What were you doing under our windows, boy?” “Listening to the news,” said Harry in a resigned voice. His aunt and uncle exchanged looks of outrage.”Listening to the news! Again?” “Well, it changes every day, you see,” said Harry.-J.K. Rowling
56. Of all the trees we could’ve hit, we had to get one that hits back.-J.K. Rowling
57. He was my mum and dad’s best friend. He’s a convicted murderer, but he’s broken out of wizard prison and he’s on the run. He likes to keep in touch with me, though…keep up with my news…check if I’m happy…-J.K. Rowling
58. One can never have enough socks,” said Dumbledore. “Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.-J.K. Rowling
59. Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!-J.K. Rowling
60.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
61. Honestly, if you were any slower, you’d be going backward.-J.K. Rowling
62. Youth can not know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.-J.K. Rowling
63. You’d think people had better things to gossip about,” said Ginny as she sat on the common room floor, leaning against Harry’s legs and reading the Daily Prophet. “Three Dementor attacks in a week, and all Romilda Vane does is ask me if it’s true you’ve got a Hippogriff tattooed across your chest.”Ron and Hermione both roared with laughter. Harry ignored them.What did you tell her?”I told her it’s a Hungarian Horntail,” said Ginny, turning a page of the newspaper idly. “Much more macho.”Thanks,” said Harry, grinning. “And what did you tell her Ron’s got?”A Pygmy Puff, but I didn’t say where.-J.K. Rowling
64. Give her hell from us, Peeves.-J.K. Rowling
65. It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.-J.K. Rowling
66. The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well.-J.K. Rowling
67.He accused me of being Dumbledore’s man through and through.” “How very rude of him.” “I told him I was.”Dumbledore opened his mouth to speak and then closed it again. Fawkes the phoenix let out a low, soft, musical cry. To Harry’s intense embarrassment, he suddenly realized that Dumbledore’s bright blue eyes looked rather watery, and stared hastily at his own knee. When Dumbledore spoke, however, his voice was quite steady. “I am very touched, Harry.-J.K. Rowling
68. Ginny!” said Mr. Weasley, flabbergasted. “Haven’t I taught you anything? What have I always told you? Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain?-J.K. Rowling
69.What happened down in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret, so, naturally the whole school knows.-J.K. Rowling
70. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.-J.K. Rowling
71. Ah, music,” he said, wiping his eyes. “A magic beyond all we do here!-J.K. Rowling
72. Why are you worrying about YOU-KNOW-WHO, when you should be worrying about YOU-NO-POO? The constipation sensation that’s gripping the nation!-J.K. Rowling
73. An Unbreakable Vow?” said Ron, looking stunned. “Nah, he can’t have…. Are you sure?” “Yes I’m sure,” said Harry. “Why, what does it mean?””Well, you can’t break an Unbreakable Vow…””I’d worked that much out for myself, funnily enough.-J.K. Rowling
74. We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.-J.K. Rowling
75. I hope you’re pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed – or worse, expelled. Now if you don’t mind, I’m going to bed.-J.K. Rowling
76. You could say sorry,” suggested Harry bluntly. “What, and get attacked by another flock of canaries?” muttered Ron.”What did you have to imitate her for?””She laughed at my mustache!””So did I, it was the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen.-J.K. Rowling
77. It’s going to be all right, sir,” Harry said over and over again, more worried by Dumbledore’s silence than he had been by his weakened voice. “We’re nearly there … I can Apparate us both back … don’t worry …””I am not worried, Harry,” said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. “I am with you.-J.K. Rowling
78. So light a fire!” Harry choked. “Yes…of course…but there’s no wood!” … “HAVE YOU GONE MAD!” Ron bellowed. “ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT!-J.K. Rowling
79. Seventeen, eh!” said Hagrid as he accepted a bucket-sized glass of wine from Fred.”Six years to the day we met, Harry, yeh remember it?””Vaguely,” said Harry, grinning up at him. “Didn’t you smash down the front door, give Dudley a pig’s tail, and tell me I was a wizard?””I forget the details,” Hagrid chortled.-J.K. Rowling
80. Hello, Harry” said George, beaming at him. “We thought we heard your dulcet tones.””You don’t want to bottle up your anger like that, Harry, let it all out,” said Fred, also beaming. “There might be a couple of people fifty miles away who didn’t hear you.-J.K. Rowling
81. I’m going to keep going until I succeed or die. Don’t think I don’t know how this might end. I’ve known it for years.-J.K. Rowling
82. Accio Brain!-J.K. Rowling
83. But Dumbledore says he doesn’t care what they do as long as they don’t take him off the Chocolate Frog cards.-J.K. Rowling
84. To hurt is as human as to breathe.-J.K. Rowling
85. You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.-J.K. Rowling
86. Where is Wood?” said Harry, suddenly realizing he wasn’t there.
“Still in the showers,” said Fred. “We think he’s trying to drown himself.-J.K. Rowling
89. From now on, I don’t care if my tea leaves spell ‘Die, Ron, Die,’ I’m chucking them in the bin where they belong.-J.K. Rowling
90. Sometimes you remind me a lot of James. He called it my ‘furry little problem’ in company. Many people were under the impression that I owned a badly behaved rabbit.-J.K. Rowling
91. Don’t let the muggles get you down.-J.K. Rowling
92. Well, you’re expelling us aren’t you?” said Ron.”Not today, Mr. Weasley.”
Snape looked as though Christmas had been canceled.-J.K. Rowling