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Location 297
‘But for heaven’s sake – you’re wizards! You can do magic! Surely you can sort out – well – anything!’ Scrimgeour turned slowly on the spot and exchanged an incredulous look with Fudge, who really did manage a smile this time as he said kindly, ‘The trouble is, the other side can do magic too, Prime Minister.’
Location 620
‘I don’t mean to be rude –’ he began, in a tone that threatened rudeness in every syllable. ‘– yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often,’ Dumbledore finished the sentence gravely. ‘Best to say nothing at all, my dear man.
Location 752
‘And now, Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.’
Location 975
He enjoys the feeling that he influences these people. He has never wanted to occupy the throne himself; he prefers the back seat – more room to spread out, you see.
Location 1105
‘Arthur, is that you?’ ‘Yes,’ came Mr Weasley’s weary voice. ‘But I would say that even if I were a Death Eater, dear. Ask the question!’ ‘Oh, honestly …’ ‘Molly!’ ‘All right, all right … what is your dearest ambition?’ ‘To find out how aeroplanes stay up.’
Location 1248
‘Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right,’
Location 1760
‘I enjoyed the meetings, too,’ said Luna serenely. ‘It was like having friends.’
Location 1837
‘Anapneo,’ said Slughorn calmly, pointing his wand at Belby, whose airway seemed to clear at once.
Location 2062
‘Tergeo!’ and siphoned off the dried blood.
Location 2344
‘It’s Amortentia!’ ‘It is indeed. It seems almost foolish to ask,’ said Slughorn, who was looking mightily impressed, ‘but I assume you know what it does?’ ‘It’s the most powerful love potion in the world!’ said Hermione.
Location 2348
it’s supposed to smell differently to each of us, according to what attracts us, and I can smell freshly mown grass and new parchment and –’ But
Location 2370
you know what Felix Felicis does, Miss Granger?’ ‘It’s liquid luck,’ said Hermione excitedly. ‘It makes you lucky!’
Location 2991
He did not usually lie in bed reading his textbooks; that sort of behaviour, as Ron rightly said, was indecent in anybody except Hermione, who was simply weird that way.
Location 2998
Muffliato, a spell that filled the ears of anyone nearby with an unidentifiable buzzing, so that lengthy conversations could be held in class without being overheard.
Location 3003
Levicorpus (n-vbl)
Location 3008
Ron was dangling upside-down in midair as though an invisible hook had hoisted him up by the ankle.
Location 3012
Liberacorpus! with all his might. There was another flash of light and Ron fell in a heap on to his mattress.
Location 3800
‘Oppugno!’ came a shriek from the doorway. Harry spun round to see Hermione pointing her wand at Ron, her expression wild: the little flock of birds was speeding like a hail of fat golden bullets towards Ron, who yelped and covered his face with his hands, but the birds attacked, pecking and clawing at every bit of flesh they could reach.
Location 4376
‘You’re making Stan a scapegoat, just like you want to make me a mascot.’
Location 4533
As though he had read Harry’s mind, Dumbledore shook his head. ‘Ah, Harry, how often this happens, even between the best of friends! Each of us believes that what he has to say is much more important than anything the other might have to contribute!’
Location 4844
‘Destination, Determination, Deliberation!
Location 4844
‘Step one: fix your mind firmly upon the desired destination,’
Location 4848
‘Step two,’ said Twycross, ‘focus your determination to occupy the visualised space! Let your yearning to enter it flood from your mind to every particle of your body!’
Location 4851
‘Step three,’ called Twycross, ‘and only when I give the command … turn on the spot, feeling your way into nothingness, moving with deliberation!
Location 4884
‘I solemnly swear that I am up to no good
Location 4928
‘Mischief managed,’
Location 5125
When there’s strife and when there’s trouble Call on Peevsie, he’ll make double!’
Location 5296
‘Langlock!’ Peeves clutched at his throat, gulped, then swooped from the room making obscene gestures but unable to speak, owing to the fact that his tongue had just glued itself to the roof of his mouth.
Location 5567
‘They do not call me “Tom” any more,’ he said. ‘These days, I am known as –’ ‘I know what you are known as,’ said Dumbledore, smiling pleasantly. ‘But to me, I’m afraid, you will always be Tom Riddle. It is one of the irritating things about old teachers, I am afraid, that they never quite forget their charges’ youthful beginnings.’
Location 5586
Voldemort’s expression remained impassive as he said, ‘Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies. You must know this, Dumbledore.’
Location 6254
‘But you obviously know all about them, sir? I mean, a wizard like you – sorry, I mean, if you can’t tell me, obviously – I just knew if anyone could tell me, you could – so I just thought I’d ask –’ It was very well done, thought Harry, the hesitancy, the casual tone, the careful flattery, none of it overdone.
Location 6433
Voldemort himself created his worst enemy, just as tyrants everywhere do! Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realise that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back! Voldemort is no different!
Location 6457
‘You see, the prophecy does not mean you have to do anything! But the prophecy caused Lord Voldemort to mark you as his equal … in other words, you are free to choose your way, quite free to turn your back on the prophecy!
Location 6461
It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Some people, perhaps, would say that there was little to choose between the two ways, but Dumbledore knew – and so do I, thought Harry, with a rush of fierce pride, and so did my parents – that there was all the difference in the world.
Location 7030
Harry did not ask how Dumbledore knew. He had never seen a wizard work things out like this, simply by looking and touching; but Harry had long since learned that bangs and smoke were more often the marks of ineptitude than expertise.
Location 7112
age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth
Location 7128
‘There is nothing to be feared from a body, Harry, any more than there is anything to be feared from the darkness. Lord Voldemort, who of course secretly fears both, disagrees. But once again he reveals his own lack of wisdom. It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.’
Location 8052
with a great rush of affection for both of them, Harry saw Neville being helped into a seat by Luna. They alone of all the DA had responded to Hermione’s summons the night that Dumbledore had died, and Harry knew why: they were the ones who had missed the DA most … probably the ones who had checked their coins regularly in the hope that there would be another meeting …
Location 8090
how he and Dumbledore had discussed fighting a losing battle not long thereafter. It was important, Dumbledore said, to fight, and fight again, and keep fighting, for only then could evil be kept at bay, though never quite eradicated … And
Location 8141
‘He will only be gone from the school when none here are loyal to him,’ said Harry, smiling in spite of himself.