Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)

by J.K. Rowling

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 him, half joy, half terrible sadness.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that.

The ancient study of alchemy is concerned with making the Sorcerer’s Stone, a legendary substance with astonishing powers. The Stone will transform any metal into pure gold. It also produces the Elixir of Life, which will make the drinker immortal.

After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.

“Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.”

he shows just as little mercy to his followers as his enemies.

It was agony to touch a person marked by something so good.”