Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
-Memorable Quotes-
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. (page 1)*
Mr. Dursley, however, had a perfectly normal, owl-free morning. (page 4)
"Harry. Nasty, common name, if you ask me." (Aunt Petunia, page 7)
How very wrong he was. (page 8)
"Would you care for a lemon drop?"
"A what?"
"A lemon drop. They're a kind of Muggle sweet I'm rather fond of."
(Dubledore and Minerva, page 10)
"I haven't blushed so much since Madam Pomfrey told me she liked my new earmuffs." (Dumbledore, page 11)
"He fell asleep as we was flyin' over Bristol." (Hagrid, page 15)
"Brazil, here I come.... Thanksss, amigo." (Snake, page 28)
"I've seen you before!" said Harry, as Dedolus Diggle's top hat fell of in his excitement. "You bowed to me once in a shop."
"He remembers!" cried Dedolus Diggle, looking around at everyone. "Did you hear that? He remembers me!"
(page 69)
"I remember every wand I've ever sold, Mr. Potter. Every single wand. It so happens that the phoenix whose tail feather is in your wand, gave another feather -- just one other. It is very curious indeed that you should be destined for this wand when its brother -- why, its brother gave you that scar." (Ollivander, page 85)
"I'm not Fred, I'm George," said the boy. "Honestly woman, you call yourself our mother. Can't you tell I'm George?"
"Sorry, George, dear."
"Only joking, I am Fred."
(page 92)
"Oh him," said Harry. "I mean, yes, I am." (page 95).
"Oh, are you a prefect, Percy?" said one of the twins, with an air of great surprise. "You should have said something, we had no idea."
"Hang on, I think I remember him saying something about it," said the other twin. "Once --"
"Or twice --"
"A minute --"
"All summer --"
"Oh shut up," said Percy the Prefect.
(page 96)
"Now you two -- this year, behave yourselves. If I get one more owl telling me that you've -- you've blown up a toilet seat or --"
"Blown up a toilet seat? We've never blown up a toilet."
"Great idea though, thanks, Mom."
(page 96)
"Don't, Ginny, we'll send you loads of owls."
"We'll send youa Howarts toilet seat.""George!"
"Only joking, Mom."
(page 97)
-Considered by many the greatest wizard of modern times, Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark wizard Grindewald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicholas Flamel. Professor Dumbledore enjoys chamber music and tenpin bowling. (Chocolate Frog Card, page 103)
"Oh, are you doing magic? Let's see it then." (Hermione, page 105)
"Sunshine daisies, butter mellow,
Turn this stupid, fat rat yellow."
(Ron, page 105)
"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. Nobody in my family's magic at all, it was ever such a surprise when I got my letter, but I was ever so pleased, of course, I mean, it's the best school of whitchcraft there is, I've heard -- I've learned all our course books by heart, of course, I just hope it will be enough -- I'm Hermione Granger, by the way, who are you?"
She said all this very fast.
(page 105-106)
"I think I can tell who the wrong sort are for myself, thanks," he said coolly. (Harry, page 109)
"It's bewitched to look like the sky outside. I read about it in Hogwarts, A History." (Hermione, page 117)
"Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!" (Dumbledore, page 123)
"And finally, I must tell you that this year, the third-floor corridor on the right-hand side is out of bounds to everyone who does not wish to die a very painful death." (Dumblefore, page 127)
"Ah, music... A magic beyond all we do here!" (Dumbledore, page 128)
"We could all have been killed -- or worse, expelled." (Hermione, page 162)
"I thought you weren't speaking to us?" said Harry.
"Yes, don't stop now," said Ron, "it's doing us so much good."
(page 166)
"Troll -- in the dungeons -- thought you ought to know." (Quirrell, page 172)
It was as if Snape had started handing out sweets. (page 178)
There are some things you can't share without ending up liking eachother, and knocking out a twelve-food mountain troll is one of them. (page 179)
"...what an excellent chaser that girl is, and rather attractive, too --"
"JORDAN!"
"Sorry, Professor."
(page 186)
"So -- after that obvious and disgusting bit of cheating --"
"Jordan!" growled Professor McGonagall.
"I mean, after that open and revolting foul --"
"Jordan, I'm warning you --"
"All right, all right. Flint nearly kills the Gryffindor Seeker, which could happen to anyone, I'm sure...."
(page 188)
"--hit hard in the face by a Bludger, hope it broke his nose -- only joking Professor...." (Lee Jordan, page 189)
"You haven't got a letter on yours," George observed. "I suppose she thinks you don't forget your name. But we're not stupid -- we know we're called Gred and Forge." (page 202)
"Strange how nearsighted being invisible can make you." (Dumbledore, page 213)
"It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that." (Dumbledore, page 214)
"Sir -- Professor Dumbledore? Can I ask you something?"
"Obviously you've just done so," Dumbledore smiled. "You may ask me one more thing, however."
"What do you see when you look in the mirror?"
"I see myself holding a pair of thick, woolen socks."
Harry stared.
"One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books."
It was only when he was back in bed that it struck Harry that Dumbledore might not have been quite truthful. But then, he thought as he shoved Scabbers off his pillow, it had been quite a personal question.
(page 214)
"Don't play," said Hermione at once.
"Say you're ill," said Ron.
"Pretend to break your leg," Hermione suggested.
"Really break your leg," said Ron."
(page 217)
"I'm worth twelve of you, Malfoy." (Neville Longbottom, page 223)
"And Neville will play Quidditch for England before Hagrid lets Dumbledore down." (Ron, page 264)
"'Oh Professor Flitwick, I'm so worried I think I got question fourteen b wrong....'" (Ron, imitating Hermione, page 269)
"Devil's Snare, Devil's Snare...what did Professor Sprout say? -- it likes the dark and the damp--"
"So light a fire!" Harry choked.
"Yes -- of course -- but there's no wood!" Hermione cried, wringing her hands.
"HAVE YOU GONE MAD?" Ron bellowed. "ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?"
"Oh, right!" said Hermione.
(page 278)
"Lucky you pay attention in Herbology, Hermione," said Harry....
"Yeah," said Ron, "and lucky Harry doesn't lose his head un a crisis -- 'there's no wood,' honestly."
(page 278)
"What happened down in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret, so, naturally, the whole school knows. I believe your friends Misters Fred and George Weasley were responsible for trying to send you a toilet seat." (Dumbledore, page 296)
"After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure." (Dumbledore, page 297)
"Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself." (Dumbledore, page 298)
"The truth," Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution." (page 298)
"Alas! Ear wax!" (Dumbledore, page 301)
Ron and Hermione were a very good audience; they gasped in all the right places.... (page 301)
"...for the best-played game of chess Hogwarts has seen in many years, I award Gryffinfor house fifty points." (Dumbledore, page 306)
"There are all kinds of courage," said Dumbledore smiling. "It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. I therefore award ten points to Mr. Neville Longbottom." (page 306)
"Which means...we need a little change of decoration." (Dumbledore, page 306).
*All page numbers are taken from the Scholastic, American edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.