Top 500 J.K. Rowling Quotes (2025 Update)
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451. “What’re you doing here?” Ron and Fred said at the same time. “Sending a letter,” said Harry and George in unison. “What, at this time?” said Hermione and Fred.”

— J.K. Rowling

452. “Myrtle Elizabeth Warren – a pretty name – my name – no need for the moaning.”

— J.K. Rowling

453. “Professor Sprout awarded Gryffindor twenty points when Harry passed her a watering can;.”

— J.K. Rowling

454. “And now – Piertotum Locomotor!” cried Professor McGonagall.”

— J.K. Rowling

455. “Which only goes to show that the best of us must sometimes eat our words,? Dumbledore went on, smiling.”

— J.K. Rowling

456. “As he followed Bill back to the others a wry though came to him, born no doubt of the wine he had drunk. He seemed set on course to become just as reckless a godfather to Teddy Lupin as Sirius Black had been to him.”

— J.K. Rowling

457. “Apparently wizards poke their noses in everywhere!”

— J.K. Rowling

458. “They’re evacuating the younger kids and everyone’s meeting in the Great Hall to get organized. We’re fighting.”

— J.K. Rowling

459. “Parents shouldn’t leave their kids unless – unless they’ve got to.”

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460. “Rita looked as though she would have liked nothing better than to seize the paper umbrella sticking out of Hermione’s drink and thrust it up her nose.”

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461. “Well, none of us really fancy it, Harry,” said Fred earnestly. “Imagine if something went wrong and we were stuck as specky, scrawny gits forever.”

— J.K. Rowling

462. “Her voice was now so shrill only bats would be able to hear it soon, but she had reached a level of indignation that rendered her temporarily speechless...”

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463. “The inner eye does not see upon command.”

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464. “There are much more terrible things than physical injury.”

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465. “And all along the corridor the statues and suits of armor jumped down from their plinths, and from the echoing crashes from the floors above and below, Harry knew that their fellows throughout the castle had done the same.”

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466. “The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow, moonlit lane. For a second they stood quite still, wands directed at each other’s chests; then, recognizing each other, they stowed their wands beneath their cloaks and started walking briskly in the same direction.”

— J.K. Rowling

467. “So that’s little Scorpious. Make sure you beat him in every test, Rosie. Thank god you’ve inherited your mother’s brains.”

— J.K. Rowling

468. “Bye, Harry!” said Hermione, and she did something she had never done before, and kissed him on the cheek.”

— J.K. Rowling

469. “It’s lucky it’s dark. I haven’t blushed so much since Madam Pomfrey told me she liked my new earmuffs.”

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470. “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!”

— J.K. Rowling

471. “Percy wouldn’t notice a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing one of Dobby’s hats.”

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472. “I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death.”

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473. “Harry was left to ponder in silence the depths to which girls would sink to get revenge.”

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474. “The Sorting Hat is notorious for refusing to admit it has made a mistake in its sorting of a student. On those occasions when Slytherins behave altruistically or selflessly, when Ravenclaws flunk all their exams, when Hufflepuffs prove lazy yet academically gifted and when Gryffindors exhibit cowardice, the Hat steadfastly backs its original decision. On balance, however, the Hat has made remarkably few errors of judgement over the many centuries it has been at work.”

— J.K. Rowling

475. “This is night, Diddykins. That’s what we call it when it goes all dark like this.”

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476. “No post on Sundays,” he reminded them cheerfully as he spread marmalade on his newspapers, “no damn letters today – ” Something.”

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477. “Tut, tut, tut. Naughty, naughty, you’ll get caughty.”

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478. “Lupin was wearing an odd expression as he looked at Harry: it was close to pitying. ‘You think I’m a fool?’ demanded Harry. ‘No, I think you’re like James,’ said Lupin, ’who would have regarded it as the height of dishonour to mistrust his friends.”

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479. “There will be books written about Harry. Every child in the world will know his name.”

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480. “La grandeza inspira envidia, la envidia engendra rencor, el rencor produce mentiras.”

— J.K. Rowling

481. “But who could bear to know which stars were already dead, she thought, blinking up at the night sky; could anybody stand to know that they all were?”

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482. “The thing is, it helps when people stand up to them, it gives everyone hope. I used to notice that when you did it, Harry.”

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483. “Every second he breathed, the smell of the grass, the cool air on his face, was so precious: To think that people had years and years, time to waste, so much time it dragged, and he was clinging to each second.”

— J.K. Rowling

484. “Harry was just thinking that all he needed was for Dumbledore’s pet bird to die while he was all alone in the office with it, when the bird burst into flames.”

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485. “Hem, hem.” Professor Umbridge had arrived. She was standing a few feet away from Harry, wearing her green hat and cloak again, her clipboard at the ready. Hagrid, who had never heard Umbridge’s fake cough before, was gazing in some concern at the closest thestral, evidently under the impression that it had made the sound.”

— J.K. Rowling

486. “Which makes you very different from Tom Riddle. It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”

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487. “Hogsmeade looked like a Christmas card; the little thatched cottages and shops were all covered in a layer of crisp snow; there were holly wreaths on the doors and strings of enchanted candles hanging in the trees.”

— J.K. Rowling

488. “If the motorbike was huge, it was nothing to the man sitting astride it.”

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489. “Crackers!” said Dumbledore enthusiastically, offering the end of a large silver noisemaker to Snape, who took it reluctantly and tugged. With a bang like a gunshot, the cracker flew apart to reveal a large, pointed witch’s hat topped with a stuffed vulture. Harry, remembering the boggart, caught Ron’s eye and they both grinned; Snape’s mouth thinned and he pushed the hat toward Dumbledore, who swapped it for his wizard’s hat at once.”

— J.K. Rowling

490. “It was as though they had been plunged into a fabulous dream. This, thought Harry, was surely the only way to travel – past swirls and turrets of snowy cloud, in a car full of hot, bright sunlight, with a fat pack of toffees in the glove compartment...”

— J.K. Rowling

491. “Oh, shut up Weatherby.”

— J.K. Rowling

492. “The Golden Snitch is walnut-sized, as was the Golden Snidget. It is bewitched to evade capture as long as possible. There is a tale that a Golden Snitch evaded capture for six months on Bodmin Moor in 1884, both teams finally giving up in disgust at their Seekers’ poor performances. Cornish wizards familiar with the area insist to this day that the Snitch is still living wild on the moor, though I have not been able to confirm this story.”

— J.K. Rowling

493. “I see a light in the kitchen. Let us not deprive Molly any longer of the chance to deplore how thin you are.”

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494. “Yes, exactly. I heard he’s a sort of savage – lives in a hut on the school grounds and every now and then he gets drunk, tries to do magic, and ends up setting fire to his bed.” “I think he’s brilliant,” said Harry coldly.”

— J.K. Rowling

495. “What she did have were Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans, Drooble’s Best Blowing Gum, Chocolate Frogs, Pumpkin Pasties, Cauldron Cakes, Licorice Wands, and a number of other strange things Harry had never seen in his life.”

— J.K. Rowling

496. “What they’re saying,’ she pressed on, ‘is that last night Voldemort turned up in Godric’s Hollow. He went to find the Potters. The rumour is that Lily and James Potter are – are – that they’re – dead.”

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497. “It’s not all book signings and publicity photos, you know. You want fame, you have to be prepared for a long hard slog.”

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498. “With fumbling fingers Harry started to remove his many layers of clothing. Where “chivalry” entered into this, he thought ruefully, he was not entirely sure, unless it counted as chivalrous that he was not calling for Hermione to do it in his stead.”

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499. “Metamorphmagus?”

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500. “Hope springs forever.”

— J.K. Rowling