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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• 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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• 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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• We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.

  J. K. Rowling

  Love, Inspirational, Dark

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• Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspiring, Happiness, Happy

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• 'Harry Potter' opened so many doors for young adult literature. It really did convince the publishing industry that writing for children was a viable enterprise. And it also convinced a lot of people that kids will read if we give them books that they care about and love.

  Rick Riordan

  Children, Book, Writing

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• We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring

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• It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Friendship, Courage

  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ch. 17 (1997)

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• Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.

  J. K. Rowling

  Trust, Halloween, Technology

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

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• It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ch. 12 (1997)

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

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ch. 18 (1999)

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• Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

  J. K. Rowling

  Fear, Names, Inspirational Harry Potter

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• Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.

  J. K. Rowling

  Love, Silly, Inspire

  "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2". m.imdb.com. 2011.

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• Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.

  J. K. Rowling

  Love, Spiritual, Heart

  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ch. 37 (2000)

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• It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.

  J. K. Rowling

  Fear, Funeral, Darkness

  "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". Book by J. K. Rowling, July 16, 2005.

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• It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.

  J. K. Rowling

  Life, Inspiring, Death

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• Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Life, Depression

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• Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?

  J. K. Rowling

  Real, Life Changing, Mean

  Twitter post from Dec 16, 2014

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• To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.

  J. K. Rowling

  Death, Travel, Adventure

  J. K. Rowling (2002). “Spark Notes Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone”, Spark Notes

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• We did it, we bashed them wee Potter's the one, and Voldy's gone moldy, so now let's have fun!

  J. K. Rowling

  Fun, Gone, Deathly Hallows

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• You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us?

  J. K. Rowling

  Thinking, Harry Potter Birthday, Magic Harry Potter

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