Potters Quotes

• My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel; I know not where I am nor what I do.

  William Shakespeare

  Wheels, My Thoughts, Knows

  1592 Talbot. Henry VI Part One, act1, sc.7, l.19-20.

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• The dementors send their love, Potter!

  J. K. Rowling

  Mentor, Dementors

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• Thou spring'st a leak already in thy crown, A flaw is in thy ill-bak'd vessel found; 'Tis hollow, and returns a jarring sound, Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command, Unwrought, and easy to the potter's hand: Now take the mould; now bend thy mind to feel The first sharp motions of the forming wheel.

  John Dryden

  Spring, Hands, Mind

  John Dryden (1866). “Poetical Works: With a Memoir”, p.186

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• He couldn't know that at this very moment, people meeting up in secret all over the country were holding up their glasses and saying in hushed voices: 'To Harry Potter - the boy who lived!

  J. K. Rowling

  Country, Boys, Glasses

  J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone”, p.20, Pottermore

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• Harry Potter is awesome.

  Ed Sheeran

  Harry Potter

  "Teen Interviews: Nancy C. Hangs Backstage With Ed Sheeran In NYC (Exclusive)". "Teen" Interview, www.clevver.com. September 26, 2012.

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• Sure you can manage that broom, Potter?" said a cold, drawling voice. Draco Malfoy had arrived for a closer look, Crabbe and Goyle right behind him. "Yeah, reckon so," said Harry casually. "Got plenty of special features, hasn't it?" said Malfoy, eyes glittering maliciously. "Shame it doesn't come with a parachute - in case you get too near a Dementor." Crabbe and Goyle sniggered. "Pity you can't attach an extra arm to yours, Malfoy," said Harry. "Then it could catch the Snitch for you.

  J. K. Rowling

  Eye, Voice, Mentor

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• You look in excellent health to me, Potter, so you will excuse me if I don't let you off homework today. I assure you that if you do die, you need not hand it in.

  J. K. Rowling

  Hands, Looks, Today

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• We have to choose between what is right, and what is easy.

  J. K. Rowling

  Choices, Inspirational Tattoo, Inspirational Harry Potter

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• If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love.

  J. K. Rowling

  Magic Harry Potter, Lord Voldemort, Mother Died

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• You are the true master of death, because the true master does not seek to run away from Death.

  J. K. Rowling

  Running, Doe, Deathly Hallows

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• Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed.

  J. K. Rowling

  Exercise, Curiosity, Inspirational Harry Potter

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• Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.

  J. K. Rowling

  Integrity, Boys, Choices

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• To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sympathy

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• To Harry Potter — the boy who lived!

  J. K. Rowling

  Boys, Deathly Hallows, Magic Harry Potter

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• We must try not to sink beneath our anguish, Harry, but battle on.

  J. K. Rowling

  Life, Encouraging, Battle

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• Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring

  Twitter post from Jun 6, 2016

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• You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational Harry Potter, Muggles, Hogwarts

  J. K. Rowling (1999). “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, Raincoast Books

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• I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind.

  J. K. Rowling

  Memories, Feelings, Mind

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• Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Family, Home

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• I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind. “At these times, I use the Pensieve. One simply siphons the excess thoughts from one’s mind, pours them into the basin, and examines them at one’s leisure. It becomes easier to spot patterns and links, you understand, when they are in this form.

  J. K. Rowling

  Memories, Focus, Feelings

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• It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies.

  J. K. Rowling

  Lying, Inspirational Harry Potter, Deceit

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• Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. Love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves it's own mark. To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.

  J. K. Rowling

  Love, Death, Mother

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• Why were you lurking under our window?" "Yes - yes, good point, Petunia! What were you doing under our windows, boy?" "Listening to the news," said Harry in a resigned voice. His aunt and uncle exchanged looks of outrage. "Listening to the news! Again?" "Well, it changes every day, you see," said Harry.

  J. K. Rowling

  Uncles, Aunt, Boys

  J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, p.13, Pottermore

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• It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.

  J. K. Rowling

  Leadership, Power, Harry Potter Movie

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• The ones that love us never really leave us.

  J. K. Rowling

  Memorial, Harry Potter Movie, Sirius

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