Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Quotes

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“It takes much bravery to stand up to our enemies but we need as much bravery to stand up to our friends.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“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, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Nitwit, blubber, oddment, tweak.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“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, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“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, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“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, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“What happened down in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret, so, naturally the whole school knows.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“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.
[from the movie]”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“A breeze ruffled the neat hedges of Privet Drive, which lay silent and tidy under the inky sky, the very last place you would expect astonishing things to happen. Harry Potter rolled over inside his blankets without waking up. One small hand closed on the letter beside him and he slept on, not knowing he was special, not knowing he was famous, not knowing he would be woken in a few hours' time by Mrs. Dursley's scream as she opened the front door to put out the milk bottles, nor that he would spend the next few weeks being prodded and pinched by his cousin Dudley...He couldn't know that at this very moment, people meeting in secret all over the country were holding up their glasses and saying in hushed voices: "To Harry Potter - the boy who lived!”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“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, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Harry - you're a great wizard, you know."
"I'm not as good as you," said Harry, very embarrassed, as she let go of him.
"Me!" said Hermione. "Books! And cleverness! There are more important things - friendship and bravery and - oh Harry - be careful!”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“There is no good and evil; only power and those too weak to see it.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts,
Teach us something please,
Whether we be old and bald,
Or young with scabby knees,
Our heads could do with filling
With some interesting stuff,
For now they're bare and full of air,
Dead flies and bits of fluff,
So teach us something worth knowing,
Bring us back what we've forgot,
Just do your best, we'll do the rest,
And learn until our brains all rot...”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Ah, music! A magic far beyond all we do here!”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Your mother died to save you...love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves it's own mark...to have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Alas, earwax!”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Swish and flick.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Can't stay long, Mother," he said. "I'm up front, the prefects have got two compartments to themselves-"
"Oh, are you a prefect, Percy?" said one of the twins, with an air of great surprise. "You should have said something, we had no idea."
"Hang on, I think I remember him saying something about it," said the other twin. "Once-"
"Or twice-"
"A minute-"
"All summer-"
"Oh, shut up," said Percy the Prefect.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Everybody finished the song at different times. At last, only the Weasley twins were left singing along to a very slow funeral march.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Once again, you show all the sensitivity of a blunt axe.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“We do not speak his name! The wand chooses the wizard, Mr. Potter. It's not always clear why. But I think it is clear that we can expect great things from you. After all, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did great things. Terrible! Yes. But great.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“I tell you, that dragon's the most horrible animal I've ever met, but the way Hagrid goes on about it, you'd think it was a fluffy little bunny rabbit.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Do you mean ter tell me," he growled at the Dursleys, "that this boy—this boy!—knows nothin' abou'—about ANYTHING?"
Harry thought this was going a bit far. He had been to school, after all, and his marks weren't bad.
I know some things," he said. "I can, you know, do math and stuff.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus

[never tickle a sleeping dragon]”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Your aunt and uncle will be proud, though, won't they?' said Hermione as they got off the train and joined the crowd thronging toward the enchanted barrier. 'When they hear what you did this year?'

Proud?' said Harry. 'Are you crazy? All those times I could've died, and I didn't manage it? They'll be furious...”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Enter stranger but take heed, of what awaits the sin of greed. If you take but do not earn, you must pay most dearly in your turn. If you seek beneath our floors, a treasure that was never yours. Theif, you have been warned beware, of finding more than treasure there...”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“It was as if Snape had started handing out sweets.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“They heard the click of the mail slot and flop of letters on the doormat.
"Get the mail, Dudley," said Uncle Vernon from behind his paper.
"Make Harry get it."
"Get the mail, Harry."
"Make Dudley get it."
"Poke him with your Smelting stick, Dudley.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“You're a wizard, Harry.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“But people only die in proper duels, you know, with real wizards. The most you and Malfoy’ll be able to do is send sparks at each other. Neither of you knows enough magic to do any real damage. I bet he expected you to refuse, anyway.”
“And what if I wave my wand and nothing happens?”
“Throw it away and punch him on the nose,” Ron suggested.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Which way did they go, Peeves?" Filch was saying. "Quick, tell me."
"Say 'please.'"
"Don't mess with me, Peeves, now where did they go?"
"Shan't say nothing if you don't say please," said Peeves in his annoying singsong voice.
"All right- PLEASE."
"NOTHING! Ha haaa! Told you I wouldn't say nothing if you didn't say please! Ha ha! Haaaaaa!" And they heard the sound of Peeves whooshing away and Filch cursing in rage.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Fred, you next," the plump woman said.
"I'm not Fred, I'm George," said the boy. "Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother? Can't you tell I'm George?"
"Sorry, George, dear."
"Only joking, I am Fred," said the boy and off he went.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“No, thanks," said Harry. "The toilet's never had anything as horrible as your head down it - it might be sick." Then he ran, before Dudley could work our what he'd said.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“I would rather die than betray his trust."
"That's not saying much, seeing as you're already dead," Ron observed
"Once again, you show all the sensitivity of a blunt axe," said Nearly Headless Nick in affronted tones.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“She was a very pretty woman. She had dark red hair and her eyes -- her eyes are just like mine, Harry thought, edging a little closer to the glass. Bright green -- exactly the same shape, but then he noticed that she was crying; smiling, but crying at the same time. The tall, thin, black-haired man standing next to her put his arm around her. He wore glasses, and his hair was very untidy. It stuck up at the back, just like Harry's did.

Harry was so close to the mirror now that his nose was nearly touching that of his reflection.

"Mum?" he whispered. "Dad?"

They just looked at him, smiling. And slowly, Harry looked into the faces of the other people in the mirror and saw other pairs of green eyes like his, other noses like his, even a little old man who looked as though he had Harry's knobbly knees -- Harry was looking at his family, for the first time in his life.

The Potters smiled and waved at Harry and he stared hungrily back at them, his hands pressed flat against the glass as though he was hoping to fall right through it and reach them. He had a powerful kind of ache inside of him, half joy, half terrible sadness.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Go on, have a pasty," said Harry, who had never had anything to share before or, indeed, anyone to share it with. It was a nice feeling, sitting there with Ron, eating their way through all Harry's pasties, cakes, and candies (the sandwiches lay forgotten).”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Whatever house I'm in, I hope she's not in it.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“You will learn to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“What she did have were Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, Chocolate Frogs, Pumpkin Pasties, Cauldron Cakes, Licorice Wands, and a number of other strange things Harry had never seen in his life.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“I had a dream about a motorcycle," said Harry, remembering suddenly. "It was flying."
Uncle Vernon nearly crashed into the car in front. He turned right around in his seat and yelled at Harry, his face like a gigantic beet with a mustache: "MOTORCYCLES DON'T FLY!"
Dudley and Piers sniggered.
"I know they don't," said Harry. "It was only a dream.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“He couldn't know that at this very moment, people meeting up in secret all over the country were holding up their glasses and saying in hushed voices: 'To Harry Potter - the boy who lived!”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Obviously fame isn't everything. Is it, Mr. Potter? --Severus Snape”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

“Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone