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Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.
This man’s name was Albus Dumbledore.
Scars can come in useful.
Harry was used to spiders, because the cupboard under the stairs was full of them, and that was where he slept.
Don’t ask questions
‘Thirty-six,’ he said, looking up at his mother and father. ‘That’s two less than last year.’
‘I’m warning you now, boy – any funny business, anything at all – and you’ll be in that cupboard from now until Christmas.’
‘Brazil, here I come … Thanksss, amigo.’
Dursley, yeh great prune,’
‘Harry – yer a wizard.’
‘I’m a what?’ gasped Harry.
‘I’d like ter see a great Muggle like you stop him,’ he said.
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‘Are you sure that’s a real spell?’ said the girl. ‘Well, it’s not very good, is it? I’ve tried a few simple spells just for practice and it’s all worked for me.
You two had better change, you know, I expect we’ll be there soon.’
‘You’ll soon find out some wizarding families are much better than others, Potter. You don’t want to go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there.’
‘I think I can tell who the wrong sort are for myself, thanks,’
‘And you’ve got dirt on your nose, by the way, did you know?’
‘Nearly Headless? How can you be nearly headless?’
‘Caput Draconis,’
‘You’re a lot braver now you’re back on the ground and you’ve got your little friends with you,’
‘And it’s really none of your business,’ said Harry.
‘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.’
seven players on each side.
Ten points every time the Quaffle goes through one of the hoops.
an extra hundred and fifty points,
‘It’s Wing-gar-dium Levi-o-sa, make the “gar” nice and long.’
‘It’s no wonder no one can stand her,’ he said to Harry as they pushed their way into the crowded corridor. ‘She’s a nightmare, honestly.’
‘I think she heard you.’
‘That’s top secret, that is.’
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that.
‘You’re worth twelve of Malfoy,’ Harry said. ‘The Sorting Hat chose you for Gryffindor, didn’t it? And where’s Malfoy? In stinking Slytherin.’
They’d left the Invisibility Cloak on top of the tower.
‘Harry, everyone says Dumbledore’s the only one You-Know-Who was ever afraid of. With Dumbledore around, You-Know-Who won’t touch you.
I’ll make my move and she’ll take me – that leaves you free to checkmate the king,
‘Do you want to stop Snape or not?’
‘Harry – you’re a great wizard, you know.’
‘Books! And cleverness! There are more important things – friendship and bravery
After all, to the well-organised mind, death is but the next great adventure.
humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things which are worst for them.’
Always use the proper name for things. 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.
love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark.
‘… for the best-played game of chess Hogwarts has seen in many years, I award Gryffindor house fifty points.’
‘Second – to Miss Hermione Granger … for the use of cool logic in the face of fire, I award Gryffindor house fifty points.’
‘… for pure nerve and outstanding courage, I award Gryffindor house sixty points.’
