The Harry Potter Encyclopedia

Your Complete Guide to the Wizarding World

πŸ“œ Memorable Quotes πŸ“œ

Words that shaped the wizarding world

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⚑ Albus Dumbledore

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."

"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."

"Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy."

"Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young."

"We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided."

"Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love."

"It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more."

"To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure."

"Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike."

⚑ Harry Potter

"I'm going to be a wizard!"

"He was their friend, and he betrayed them. HE WAS THEIR FRIEND!"

"I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me."

"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."

"I am about to die."

"The thing about growing up with Fred and George is that you sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve."

πŸ“š Hermione Granger

"Books! And cleverness! There are more important things β€” friendship and bravery."

"Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have."

"I'm hoping to do some good in the world!"

"Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself."

"Is that really what my hair looks like from the back?"

β™ŸοΈ Ron Weasley

"Bloody hell!"

"Don't let the Muggles get you down."

"Why spiders? Why couldn't it be 'follow the butterflies'?"

"You're a little scary sometimes, you know that? Brilliant... but scary."

"Can we panic now?"

🐍 Severus Snape

"There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class."

"I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death."

"Turn to page 394."

"Always."

"You have your mother's eyes."

🐺 Remus Lupin

"It is the quality of one's convictions that determines success, not the number of followers."

"You're the best teacher we've ever had!"

"You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think we don't recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble?"

πŸ• Sirius Black

"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."

"We've all got both light and dark inside us."

"The world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters."

"You are β€” truly your father's son, Harry."

πŸ¦‰ Rubeus Hagrid

"Yer a wizard, Harry."

"There's no Hogwarts without you, Hagrid."

"What's comin' will come, and we'll meet it when it does."

"You're a good person, Harry."

πŸ‘‘ Molly Weasley

"NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!"

"Your sons flew that car to Harry's house and back last night!"

🌱 Neville Longbottom

"I'll join you when hell freezes over. Dumbledore's Army!"

"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends."

"We're all going to keep fighting, Harry. You know that?"

πŸ¦… Luna Lovegood

"You're just as sane as I am."

"I think they think I'm a bit odd, you know. Some people call me 'Loony' Lovegood, actually."

"Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect."

🐍 Lord Voldemort

"There is no good and evil, there is only power, and those too weak to seek it."

"Harry Potter is dead!"

"You have been taught that my defeat was caused by a love-based spell. This is a lie."

🎭 Draco Malfoy

"You'll soon find out some wizarding families are much better than others, Potter."

"I can't do it. I can't kill him."

πŸ¦‰ Minerva McGonagall

"It unscrews the other way."

"I've always wanted to use that spell!"

"Have a biscuit, Potter."

πŸ’€ Bellatrix Lestrange

"You stupid elf! You could have killed me!"

"I killed Sirius Black!"

πŸ‘— Dolores Umbridge

"I will have order!"

"Progress for progress's sake must be discouraged."

"I must not tell lies."

🏑 The Weasley Twins

"Give her hell from us, Peeves!"

"You know, George, I've always felt our futures lay outside the world of academic achievement."

"Are you planning to follow a career in Magical Law, Miss Granger?"

πŸ“– Horace Slughorn

"It is impossible to manufacture or imitate love."

πŸ§™ Arthur Weasley

"What exactly is the function of a rubber duck?"

"Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain."

✨ Other Memorable Quotes

"Dobby is free!"

"Such a beautiful place, to be with friends. Dobby is happy to be with his friend, Harry Potter."

"The wand chooses the wizard, Mr. Potter."

"You might belong in Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart."

"Fight! Fight for my master, defender of house-elves! Fight the Dark Lord, in the name of brave Regulus!"

"All was well."

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