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We received your message and enclose your Christmas present. From Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia. Sellotaped to the note was a fifty-pence piece.
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that.
‘One can never have enough socks,’
‘Only one who has nothing to lose, and everything to gain, would commit such a crime. The blood of a unicorn will keep you alive, even if you are an inch from death, but at a terrible price. You have slain something pure and defenceless to save yourself and you will have but a half life, a cursed life, from the moment the blood touches your lips.’
‘You want to be more careful,’ said Snape. ‘Hanging around like this, people will think you’re up to something.
‘I’m going to be a knight,’
‘Harry – you’re a great wizard, you know.’
‘Me!’ said Hermione. ‘Books! And cleverness! There are more important things – friendship and bravery and – oh Harry – be careful!’
There is no good and evil, there is only power,
‘What happened down in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret, so, naturally, the whole school knows.
After all, to the well-organised mind, death is but the next great adventure.
Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.’
‘The truth.’ Dumbledore sighed. ‘It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.
‘Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. He didn’t realise that love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark.
even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection for ever.
“to the well-organised mind, death is but the next great adventure”.’
‘Sent owls off ter all yer parents’ old school friends, askin’ fer photos … Knew yeh didn’ have any … D’yeh like it?’
‘It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
