Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)

by J.K. Rowling

Professor Binns was looking at her in such amazement, Harry was sure no student had ever interrupted him before, alive or dead.

He peered at Hermione as though he had never seen a student properly before.

Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin.

After a while, there was a serious argument on the subject between Slytherin and Gryffindor, and Slytherin left the school.”

The heir alone would be able to unseal the Chamber of Secrets, unleash the horror within, and use it to purge the school of all who were unworthy to study magic.”

“I always knew Salazar Slytherin was a twisted old loony,”

being able to talk to snakes was what Salazar Slytherin was famous for. That’s why the symbol of Slytherin House is a serpent.”

Phoenixes burst into flame when it is time for them to die and are reborn from the ashes.

“you will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me. You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.”

“If anyone wanted ter find out some stuff, all they’d have ter do would be ter follow the spiders.

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