Quotes

Sarcastic Fat Lady • Quote “Oh don’t mind me!” the Fat Lady called irritably after them. “Don’t apologize for bothering me! I’ll just hang here, wide open, until you get back, shall I?”… Read More

Scope and Tragedy of the Thing • Quote “Really gives a feeling for the scope and tragedy of the thing, doesn’t it?”… Read More

Not a shred of evidence • Quote “It is a myth! It does not exist! There is not a shred of evidence that Slytherin ever built so much as a secret broom cupboard! I regret telling you such a foolish story! We will return, if you please, to history, to solid, believable, verifiable fact!”… Read More

The Other Side Can Do Magic Too • Quote “The trouble is, the other side can do magic too, Prime Minister.”… Read More

I Don't Do Sides • Quote “I don’t do sides.”… Read More

Sluggish Shooting Star • Quote Ron’s old Shooting Star was often outstripped by passing butterflies. Read More

Slytherin House today • Quote Slytherin has become diluted. It is no longer the pureblood bastion it once was. Nevertheless, its dark reputation lingers, hence Albus Potter’s fears. Read More

Snape in love? • Quote Q: Will Snape ever fall in love? JKR: Who on earth would want Snape in love with them? That’s a very horrible idea. Read More

Snape's tragedy • Quote Well, that is Snape’s tragedy. Given his time over again he would not have become a Death Eater, but like many insecure, vulnerable people (like Wormtail) he craved membership of something big and powerful, something impressive. He wanted Lily and he wanted Mulciber too. He never really understood Lily’s aversion; he… Read More

Never enough socks • Quote “One can never have enough socks … Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.”… Read More

Sort Too Soon • Quote “You are a braver man by far than Igor Karkaroff.  You know, I sometimes think we Sort too soon….” He walked away, leaving Snape looking stricken…. Read More

Specky, Scrawny Gits • Quote “Well, none of us really fancy it, Harry,” said Fred earnestly.  “Imagine if something went wrong and we were stuck as specky, scrawny gits forever.”… Read More

The spells won't work • Quote The spells are made up. I have met people who assure me, very seriously, that they are trying to do them, and I can assure them, just as seriously, that they don’t work. Read More

Stop Whimpering, Ron • Quote “What other options does he have? He can hardly say, ‘Sorry, everyone, Dumbledore warned me this might happen, the Azkaban guards have joined Lord Voldemort’ – stop whimpering, Ron – ‘and now Voldemort’s worst supporters have broken out, too.'”… Read More

We Are Only As Strong As We Are United • Quote “We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”… Read More

To Suffer Is As Human As To Breathe • Quote Harry, there is never a perfect answer in this messy, emotional world.  Perfection is beyond the reach of humankind, beyond the reach of magic.  In every shining moment of happiness is that drop of poison: the knowledge that pain will come again.  Be honest to those you love, show your… Read More

Suffering Proves You Are Still A Man • Quote “Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man!  This pain is part of being human–” “THEN–I–DON’T–WANT–TO–BE–HUMAN!” Harry roared, and he seized one of the delicate silver instruments from the spindle-legged table beside him and flung it across the room. Read More

Best Suited To Power • Quote “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.”… Read More