Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Favorite Lines in PoA

"It struck Harry as ominous that Hagrid thought a biting book would come in useful." - Rowling, 14

"Fudge smiled at Harry over the rim of his teacup, rather like an uncle surveying a favorite nephew." - Rowling, 44

"I'm never stocking them again, never! It's been bedlam! I thought we'd seen the worst when we bought two hundred copies of the Invisible Book of Invisibility - cost a fortune, and we never found them." - Flourish and Blotts manager, 53

"I'm not going to be murdered." - Harry, 68

"Why would I go looking for someone I know wants to kill me?" - Harry, 73

"Well, I hope he's up to it. He looks like one good hex would finish him off, doesn't he?" - Ron, 75

"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me." - Harry, 75

"An intense cold swept over them all. Harry felt his own breath catch in his chest. The cold went deeper than his skin. It was inside his chest, it was inside his very heart..." - Rowling, 83

"I felt weird. Like I'd never be cheerful again..." - Ron, 85

"Did he, now? So we've finally got a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher who knows his remedies?" - Pomfrey, 90

"Well, I am sorry to tell you that Professor Kettleburn, our Care of Magical Creatures teacher, retired at the end of last year in order to enjoy more time with his remaining limbs." - Dumbledore, 93

"Right, you've got a crooked sort of cross... That means you're going to have 'trials and suffering' - sorry about that - but there's a thing that could be the sun... hang on... that means 'great happiness'... so you're going to suffer but be very happy..." - Harry, 105

"Really, what has got into you all today? Not that it matters, but that's the first time my transformation's not got applause from a class. ... Tell me, which of you will be dying this year?" -McGonagall, 109

"You look in excellent health to me, Potter, so you will excuse me if I don't let you off homework today. I assure you that if you die, you need not hand it in." - McGonagall, 109

"Oh, tremendously funny! Really witty, giving us books that try and rip our hands off!" - Malfoy, 113

"I'm takin' yer all back up ter school, an' don' let me catch yeh walkin' down ter see me after dark again. I'm not worth that!" - Hagrid, 122

"Five points from Gryffindor. I told you not to help him, Miss Granger." - Snape, 128

"They make a fuss about Hogsmeade, but I assure you, Harry, it's not all it's cracked up to be. All right, the sweetshop's rather good, and Zonko's Joke Shop's frankly dangerous, and yes, the Shrieking Shack's always worth a visit, but really, Harry, apart from that, you're not missing anything." - Percy, 151

Well, well... I'm impressed. That suggests that what you fear most of all is - fear. Very wise, Harry." - Lupin, 155

"Honestly, am I the only person who's ever bothered to read Hogwarts, a History?" - Hermione, 164

"Miss Granger, I was under the impression that I am teaching this lesson, not you." - Snape, 171

"Diggory got the Snitch. Just after you fell. He didn't realize what had happened. When he looked back and saw you on the ground, he tried to call it off. Wanted a rematch. But they won fair and square... even Wood admits it." - George, 180

"Slowly, she reached down for a bag at her feet, turned it upside down, and tipped a dozen bits of splintered wood and twig onto the bed, the only remains of Harry's faithful, finally beaten broomstick." - Rowling, 182

"Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk this earth. They infest the darkest, filthiet places, they glory in decay and despair, they drain peace, hope and happiness out of the air around them. Even Muggles feel their presence, though they can't see them. Get too near a dementor and every good feeling, every happy memory will be sucked out of you. If it can, the dementor will feed on you long enough to reduce you to something like itself... soul-less and evil. You'll be left with nothing but the worst experiences of your life. And the worst that happened to you, Harry, is enough to make anyone fall off their broom. You have nothing to feel ashamed of." - Lupin, 187

"Noble men, working tirelessly to help a new generation of law-breakers." - Fred, 193

"How are we supposed to teach with those horrors floating around?" - McGonagall, 203

"I dunno. Fred and George Weasley could give 'em a run fer their money." - Hagrid, 204

"I was often rather sharp with him. You can imagine how I - how I regret that now." - McGonagall, 207

"You're going to take Malfoy's advice instead of ours?" - Ron, 215

"It was Professor Trelawney, gliding toward them as though on wheels. She had put on a green sequined dress in honor of the occasion, making her look more than ever like a glittering, oversized dragonfly." - Rowling, 228

"I doubt it will make much difference unless a mad axe-man is waiting outside the doors to slaughter the first into the entrance hall." - McGonagall, 230

"And Potter - do try and win, won't you? Or we'll be out of the running for the eighth year in a row, as Professor Snape was kind enough to remind me only last night." - McGonagall, 248

"His finest hour. Let the scar on Goyle's finger stand as a lasting tribute to his memory." - Fred, 253

"She smiled at Harry as the teams faced each other behind their captains, and he felt a slight lurch in the region of his stomach that he didn't think had anything to do with nerves." - Rowling, 259

"JORDAN! ARE YOU BEING PAID TO ADVERTISE FIREBOLTS? GET ON WITH THE COMMENTARY!" - McGonagall, 261

"There was utter silence, broken by the smallest of terrified squeaks. Neville Longbottom, trembling from head to fluffy-slippered toes, raised his hand slowly into the air." - Rowling, 268

"I gotta tell yeh, I thought you two'd value yer friend more'n broomsticks or rats. Tha's all." - Hagrid, 274

"We're not - meeting here. We just - met here." - Harry, 277

"What would your head have been doing in Hogsmeade, Potter? Your head is not allowed in Hogsmeade. No part of your body has permission to be in Hogsmeade." - Snape, 283

"I would have thought that what you have heard when the dementors draw near you would have had more of an effect on you. Your parents gave their lives to keep you alive, Harry. A poor way to repay them - gambling their sacrifice for a bag of magic tricks." - Lupin, 290

"Harry, you'd better beat him in the Quidditch final! You just better had, because I can't stand it if Slytherin wins!" - Hermione, 294

"Professor McGonagall was sobbing harder even than Wood, wiping her eyes with an enormous Gryffindor flag." - Rowling, 313

"He had provided a large tub of fresh flobberworms for the class, and told them that to pass the test, their flobberworm had to still be alive at the end of one hour. As flobberworms flourished best if left to their own devices, it was the easiest exam any of them had ever taken." - Rowling, 317

"Hagrid was not crying, nor did he throw himself upon their necks. He looked like a man who did not know where he was or what to do. This helplessness was worse to watch than tears." - Rowling, 327

"You fool. Is a schoolboy grudge worth putting an innocent man back inside Azkaban?" - Lupin, 359

"'Well, hello, Peter,' said Lupin pleasantly, as though rats frequently erupted into old school friends around him." - Rowling, 366

"I let you sleep in my bed!" - Ron, 373

"If you made a better rat than a human, it's not much to boast about, Peter." - Sirius, 373

"THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED! DIED RATHER THAN BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU!" - Sirius, 375

"Oh, he's not unbalanced. He's just suffered a severe disappointment." - Dumbledore, 420

"Didn't make any difference? It made all the difference in the world, Harry." - Dumbledore, 425

"Who'd have thought it? That brings her total of real predictions up to two. I should offer her a pay raise..." - Dumbledore, 426

"The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed..." - Dumbledore, 426

"The time may come when you will be very glad you saved Pettigrew's life." - Dumbledore, 427

"You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself most plainly when you have need of him. How else could you produce that particular Patronus? Prongs rode again last night. ... You know, Harry, in a way, you did see your father last night... You found him inside yourself." - Dumbledore, 427-8

"The owl dropped its letter onto Harry's seat and began zooming around their compartment, apparently very pleased with itself for accomplishing its task. Hedwig clicked her beak with a sort of dignified disapproval." - Rowling, 432

"Harry spotted Uncle Vernon at once. He was standing a good distance from Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, eyeing them suspiciously, and when Mrs. Weasley hugged Harry in greeting, his worst suspicions about them seemed confirmed." - Rowling, 434

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