J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone Quotes

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

Longbottom, if brains were gold, you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something.

As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.

Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother?

Everybody finished the song at different times. At last, only the Weasley twins were left singing along to a very slow funeral march.

Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!

There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.

Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind.

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

One can never have enough socks

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

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

There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.

I hope you're pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed - or worse, expelled. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to bed.

He didn't realize that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark.

Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

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

Dudley thought for a moment. It looked like hard work.

Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

Tut, tut — fame clearly isn't everything.

That's chess!" snapped Ron. "You've got to make some sacrifices!

Friday was an important day for Harry and Ron. They finally managed to find their way down to the Great Hall without getting lost once.

If only the hat had mentioned a house for people who felt a bit queasy, that would have been the one for him.

Even if I could, I wouldn't. Scars can come in handy. I have one myself above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Underground.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. Remember that. -Albus Dumbledore

You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true and unafriad of toil

Don't, Ginny, we'll send you loads of owls.We'll send you a Hogwarts toilet seat.George!Only joking, Mum.

It's leviOsa, not levioSA!

Stange how nearsighted being invisible can make you - said Dumbledore

It was one of those rare occasions when the true story is even more strange and exciting than the wild rumours.

Swish and flick.

Play Quidditch at all?”“No, ” Harry said again, wondering what on earth Quidditch cou

I just take the train from platform nine and three-quarters, " - Harry Potter

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.

Ron: [mimicking Hermione] "It's Levi-OOOOH-sa not LevioSAR." She's a nightmare, honestly. It's no wonder she hasn't got any friends!

Hagrid: Harry -- yer a wizard.Harry: I'm a what?

Harry―yer a wizard.

Oh, are you doing magic? Let’s see it, then.”She sat down. Ron looked taken aback.“Er — all right.”He cleared his t

He hurried to car and set off home, hoping he was imagining things, which he had never hoped before, because he didn't approve of imagination.

Oh, these people's minds work in strange ways, Petunia, they're not like you and me, " said Uncle Vernon, trying to knock in a nail with the piece of fruitcake Aunt Petunia had just brought him.

Ah, music, a magic beyond all we do here.

Ah, music, " he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here!

One can never have enough socks, " said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.

The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.

I never know, " Harry called to Hagrid over the noise of the cart, "What's the difference between a stalagmite and a stalactite?""Stalagmite's got an 'm' in it, " said Hagrid.

No, thanks, " said Harry. "The toilet's never had anything as horrible as your head down it— it might be sick." Then he ran, before Dudley could work out what he'd said.

Alas! Earwax!

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.

There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.