Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Quotes

“His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even centaurs’ knowledge, was foolproof.”

“One person can’t feel all that at once, they’d explode.”

“Dobby does it all himself, sir, but Dobby does not mind, for he always hopes to meet Harry Potter and tonight, sir, he has got his wish!”

“We can’t choose our fate, but we can choose others. Be careful in knowing that.”

“It would be quite nice if you stopped jumping down out throats, Harry, because in case you haven’t noticed, Ron and I are on your side.”

“Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.”

“Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human … the fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength.”

“Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels, but old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.”

“That is just as well, Potter,” said Snape coldly, “because you are neither special nor important, and it is not up to you to find out what the Dark Lord is saying to his Death Eaters.” “No — that’s your job, isn’t it?” Harry shot at him. He had not meant to say it; it had burst out of him in temper. For a long moment they stared at each other, Harry convinced he had gone too far. But there was a curious, almost satisfied expression on Snape’s face when he answered. “Yes, Potter,” he said, his eyes glinting. “That is my job.”

“Well, it may have escaped your notice, but life isn’t fair.”

“Then you will find yourself easy prey for the Dark Lord! Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and allow themselves to be provoked this easily — weak people, in other words — they stand no chance against his powers! He will penetrate your mind with absurd ease, Potter!”

“I mean, it’s sort of exciting isn’t it? Breaking the rules.”

“Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn’t mean we all have!”

“Did you see me disarm Hermione, Harry?” “Only once” said Hermione stung. “I got you loads more then you got me—” “I did not only get you once, I got you at least three times—” “Well if you’re counting the one where you tripped over your own feet and knocked the wand out of my hand—”

“Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.”

“The world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters. 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.”

“I think we’ve outgrown full-time education ... Time to test our talents in the real world, d’you reckon?”

“But Dumbledore says he doesn’t care what they do as long as they don’t take him off the Chocolate Frog cards.”

“You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts...but you cannot deny he’s got style...”

The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure.