Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Quotes

“It sort of floated toward me,” said Ron, illustrating the movement with his free index finger, “right to my chest, and then — it just went straight through. It was here,” he touched a point close to his heart, “I could feel it, it was hot. And once it was inside me I knew what I was supposed to do, I knew it would take me where I needed to go. So I Disapparated and came out on the side of a hill. There was snow everywhere. . . .”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Dobby never meant to kill. He only meant to maim, or seriously injure.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“I speak now, Harry Potter, directly to you. You have permitted your friends to die for you rather than face me yourself. I shall wait for one hour in the Forbidden Forest. If, at the end of that hour, you have not come to me, have not given yourself up, then battle recommences. This time, I shall enter the fray myself, Harry Potter, and I shall find you, and I shall punish every last man, woman, and child who has tried to conceal you from me. One hour.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Voldemort is playing a very clever game. Declaring himself might have provoked open rebellion. Remaining masked has created confusion, uncertainty, and fear.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Imagine losing fingernails, Harry! That really puts our sufferings into perspective, doesn't it? ”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Her son lives. He has her eyes, precisely her eyes. You remember the shape and color of Lily Evans's eyes, I am sure?”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“If you’re not in Gryffindor, we’ll disinherit you,” said Ron, “but no pressure.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Hallows, not Horcruxes.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“I have seen your heart, and it is mine.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Assuming I survive our hunt for the Horcruxes, I’ll find Mum and Dad and lift the enchantment. If I don’t – well, I think I’ve cast a good enough charm to keep them safe and happy. Wendell and Monica Wilkins don’t know that they’ve got a daughter, you see.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Thing was' he faced them, and Harry was astonished to see that he was grinning, 'they bit of a bit more than they could chew with Gran. Little old witch living alone, they probably think they didn't need to send anyone particularly powerful. Anyway' Neville laughed, 'Dawlish is still in St Mungo's and Gran is on the run. She sent me a letter,' he clapped a hand to the breast pocket of his robes, 'telling me she was proud of me, that I'm my parents' son, and to keep it up”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“There's the silver lining I'm looking for.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Daddy, look — one of the gnomes actually bit me!”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“He yearned not to feel... He wished he could rip out his heart, his innards, everything that was screaming inside him...”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Ron, you know full well Harry and I were brought up by Muggles!” said Hermione. “We didn’t hear stories like that when we were little, we heard ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ and ‘Cinderella’ —”
“What’s that, an illness?” asked Ron.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Where do vanished objects go?"
"Into nonbeing, which is to say, everything," replied Professor McGonagall.
"Nicely phrased," replied the eagle door knocker, and the door swung open.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Bill, don’t look at me — I’m ’ideous.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“That old berk," muttered Aberforth, taking another swig of mead. "Thought the sun shone out of my brother's every orifice, he did.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“The Hallows, the Hallows. A desperate man’s dream!”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“A chilly breeze that seemed to emanate from the heart of the forest lifted the hair at Harry's brow. He knew that they would not tell him to go, that it would have to be his decision. "You'll stay with me?"
"Until the very end," said James.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“And then a silver hare, a boar, and a fox soared past Harry, Ron, and Hermione's heads: The dementors fell back before the creatures' approach. Three more people had arrived out of the darkness to stand beside them, their wands outstretched, continuing to cast their Patronuses: Luna, Ernie, and Seamus.

"That's right," said Luna encouragingly, as if they were back in the Room of Requirement and this was simply spell practice for the D.A. "That's right, Harry... come on, think of something happy..."

"Something happy?" he said, his voice cracked.

"We're all still here," she whispered, "we're still fighting. Come on, now..."

There was a silver spark, then a wavering light, and then, with the greatest effort it had ever cost him, the stag burst from the end of Harry's wand.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“There's a time and a place for getting a smart mouth.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“And his knowledge remained woefully incomplete, Harry! That which Voldemort does not value, he takes no trouble to comprehend. Of house-elves and children's tales, of love, loyalty, and innocence, Voldemort knows and understands nothing. Nothing. That they all have a power beyond his own, a power beyond the reach of any magic, is a truth he has never grasped...”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“And what in the name of Merlin’s most baggy Y Fronts was that about?”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Like a tongue on frozen steel, like flesh in flame —”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Your Great-Aunt Muriel doesn't agree, I just met her upstairs while she was giving Fleur the tiara. "She said 'Oh dear, is this the muggle born?' and then, 'Bad posture, skinny ankles.'"
Don't take it personally, she's rude to everyone," said Ron.
"Talking about Muriel?" inquired George, reemerging from the marquee with Fred. "Yeah, she's just told me my ears are lopsided. Old bat.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Vot is the point of being an international Quidditch player if all the good-looking girls are taken?”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Merlin’s beard, what is Xenophilius Lovegood wearing? He looks like an omelet.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Wow, we're identical!”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Norbert?" Charlie laughed. "The Norwegian Ridgeback? We call her Norberta now."
"Wha -- Norbert's a girl?"
"Oh yeah," said Charlie.
"How can you tell?" asked Hermoine.
"They're a lot more vicious," said Charlie.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows