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J.K. Rowling
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July 31 - August 5, 2025
he could find something to value in anyone, however apparently insignificant or wretched,
“I don’t think you’re a waste of space.”
An odd symbol, rather like a triangular eye, glistened from a golden chain around his neck.
“I believe that the last time I saw the sword of Gryffindor leave its case was when Professor Dumbledore used it to break open a ring.”
Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
On this spot, on the night of 31 October 1981, Lily and James Potter lost their lives. Their son, Harry, remains the only wizard ever to have survived the Killing Curse. This house, invisible to Muggles, has been left in its ruined state as a monument to the Potters and as a reminder of the violence that tore apart their family.
Good luck, Harry, wherever you are. If you read this, Harry, we’re all behind you! Long live Harry Potter.
Only a true Gryffindor could have pulled that out of the hat.
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry set Gryffindors apart.
he can move faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo when he wants to,
HERE LIES DOBBY, A FREE ELF.
Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.
“They’re supposed to be, you blithering idiot!”
“Always,” said Snape.
His will to live had always been so much stronger than his fear of death.
Why had he never appreciated what a miracle he was, brain and nerve and bounding heart?
It was not, after all, so easy to die. Every second he breathed, the smell of the grass, the cool air on his face, was so precious: To think that people had years and years, time to waste, so much time it dragged, and he was clinging to each second.
He saw the mouth move and a flash of green light, and everything was gone.
“You were the seventh Horcrux, Harry, the Horcrux he never meant to make. He had rendered his soul so unstable that it broke apart when he committed those acts of unspeakable evil, the murder of your parents, the attempted killing of a child. But what escaped from that room was even less than he knew. He left more than his body behind. He left part of himself latched to you, the would-be victim who had survived.
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.
“Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
“Fight! Fight! Fight for my Master, defender of house-elves! Fight the Dark Lord, in the name of brave Regulus! Fight!”
“NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!”
“Albus Severus,” Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who was now on the train, “you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.”
then Slytherin House will have gained an excellent student, won’t it? It doesn’t matter to us, Al. But if it matters to you, you’ll be able to choose Gryffindor over Slytherin. The Sorting Hat takes your choice into account.”
