Erin has hit upon lots of my favorites, but I thought I'd add to the collection with a few more favorite lines that I love from Deathly Hallows.
"Look, if I picked up a sword right now, Ron, and ran you through with it, I wouldn't damage your soul at all."
"Which would be a real comfort to me, I'm sure," said Ron. Harry laughed.
"It should be, actually!" (p. 104, Hermione and Ron)
"Why do you think ---?"
"--Dumbledore wanted to give me the sword?" said Harry, struggling to keep his temper. "Maybe he thought it would look nice on my wall." (p. 129, Scrimgeour and Harry)
"Parents," said Harry, "shouldn't leave their kids unless -- unless they've got to." (p. 215)
"He (Dumbledore) -- well...he must've known I'd run out on you."
"No," Harry corrected him. "He must've known you'd always want to come back." (p. 391, Ron and Harry)
"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." (1 Corinthians 15:26; various places in the novel, first seen on the Potters' graves)
"And shortly afterward he had set to work, alone, digging the grave in the place that Bill had shown him at the end of the garden, between bushes. He dug with a kind of fury, relishing the manual work, glorying in the non-magic of it, for every drop of his sweat and every blister felt like a gift to the elf who had saved their lives." (p. 478, Rowling)
"Keep an eye on Quirrell, won't you?" (p. 679, Dumbledore in the pensieve)
There are a lot more...but I need to run for now. More soon, I hope!
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That conversation about the soul is especially good. Hermione hit the nail on the head with that one! And the whole segment of that chapter dealing with Harry burying Dobby is so beautifully written...
Yes, I think the scene where he digs Dobby's grave is one of the best written in the whole book. Certainly one of the most moving, and as you pointed out in your earlier post, really key to Harry's inward journey, his overcoming of temptation, and his final resolve.
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