Top 500 J.K. Rowling Quotes (2026 Update)
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251. “The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well.”

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252. “Freedom’s just a word today Freedom’s just a word When someone takes your word away It’s seldom ever heard So take a sentence full of things you’re not supposed to say Carry on, but don’t write them down or you’ll be gone.”

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253. “Better Hufflepuff than Slytherin,” said Hagrid darkly. “There’s not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn’t in Slytherin. You-Know-Who was one.”

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254. “Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies. You must know this, Dumbledore.”

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255. “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.”

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256. “However,? said Dumbledore, speaking very slowly and clearly so that none of them could miss a word, ’you will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me. You will also find that help will be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.”

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257. “I am the creature you have not seen. I am you. I am me. The echo unforseen. Sometimes in front, sometimes behind. A constant companion, for we are entwined.”

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258. “I am a wizard, not a baboon brandishing a stick.”

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259. “You’re the cleverest witch I’ve ever met Hermione.”

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260. “Although people rarely died playing Quidditch, referees had been known to vanish and turn up months later in the Sahara Desert.”

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261. “Time is Galleons, little brother.”

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262. “The idea of a teenage Dumbledore was simply odd, like trying to imagine a stupid Hermione or a friendly Blast-Ended Skrewt.”

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263. “Professor Kettleburn, our Care of Magical Creatures teacher, retired at the end of last year in order to enjoy more time with his remaining limbs.”

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264. “Hermione was screaming again: the sound went through Harry like physical pain.”

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265. “The narrow path had opened up suddenly onto the edge of a great black lake. Perched atop a high mountain on the other side, its windows sparkling in the starry sky, was a vast castle with many turrets and towers.”

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

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267. “There was no benign smile upon Dumbledore’s face, no twinkle in the eyes behind the spectacles. There was cold fury in every line of the ancient face; a sense of power radiated from Dumbledore as though he were giving off burning heat.”

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268. “Read as much as you possibly can. Nothing will help you as much as reading.”

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269. “I expect what you’re not aware of would fill several books, Dursely.”

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270. “Ah,” said Dumbledore gently, “yes. Yes, I thought we might hit that little snag.”

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271. “Listening to the news! Again?” “Well, it changes every day, you see,” said Harry.”

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272. “SCORPIUS: Thank you for being my light in the darkness.”

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273. “How did you –?’ ‘Harry, please. You’re talking to the man who raised Fred and George.”

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274. “It was not, after all, so easy to die.”

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275. “He felt that he was still groping in the dark; he had chosen his path but kept looking back, wondering whether he had misread the signs, whether he should not have taken the other way.”

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276. “Probably that you’re going to be eaten by a giant marshmallow or something.”

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277. “Yes, it is easy to see that nearly six years of magical education have not been wasted on you, Potter. Ghosts are transparent.”

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278. “Las’ time I saw you, you was only a baby,” said the giant. “Yeh look a lot like yer dad, but yeh’ve got yer mum’s eyes.”

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279. “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.”

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280. “My transformations in those days were terrible. It is very painful to turn into a werewolf. I was separated from humans to bite, so I bit and scratched myself instead. The villagers heard the noise and the screaming and thought they were hearing particularly violent spirits.”

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281. “Well you seemed too busy to call him a prat and I thought someone should.”

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282. “He could not return to living full-time with the Dursleys, not now that he knew the other world, the one to which he really belonged.”

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283. “Let muggles manage without us!”

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284. “You’re not a bad person. You’re a very good person. Who bad things have happened to.”

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285. “Would you like a cough drop Dolores?”

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286. “To be a hero; sometimes, all it takes is having your heart in the right place.”

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287. “What do you see when you look in the mirror?” “I? I see myself holding a pair of thick, woolen socks.” Harry stared. “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.”

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288. “Young people are so infernally convinced that they are absolutely right about everything.”

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289. “If I thought I could help you,” Dumbledore said gently, “by putting you into an enchanted sleep and allowing you to postpone the moment when you would have to think about what has happened tonight, I would do it. But I know better. Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. You have shown bravery beyond anything I could have expected of you. I ask you to demonstrate your courage one more time. I ask you to tell us what happened.”

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290. “Dear Mr. Potter, Please note that the new school year will begin on September the first. The Hogwarts Express will leave from King’s Cross station, platform nine and three-quarters, at eleven o’clock. Third years are permitted to visit the village of Hogsmeade on certain weekends. Please give the enclosed permission form to your parent or guardian to sign. A list of books for next year is enclosed. Yours sincerely, Deputy Headmistress Harry.”

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291. “Why, dear boy, we don’t send wizards to Azkaban just for blowing up their aunts.”

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292. “Ask us no questions and we’ll tell you no lies, Hermione. C’mon, George, if we get there early we might be able to sell a few Extendable Ears before Herbology.”

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293. “Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board, and we can take you anywhere you want to go. My name is Stan Shunpike, and I will be your conductor this eve –.”

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294. “Turn to page three hundred and ninety-four.”

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295. “I just take the train from platform nine and three-quarters,” – Harry Potter.”

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296. “Professor Lupin?” he said. “If you knew my dad, you must’ve known Sirius Black as well.” Lupin turned very quickly. “What gives you that idea?” he said sharply.”

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297. “We’re his army,” said Neville. “Dumbledore’s Army. We were all in it together, we’ve been keeping it going while you three have been off on your own – ” “It hasn’t exactly been a picnic, mate,” said Ron. “I never said it had, but I don’t see why you can’t trust us. Everyone in this room’s been fighting and they’ve been driven in here because the Carrows were hunting them down. Everyone in here’s proven they’re loyal to Dumbledore – loyal to you.”

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298. “No one wants to read about some ugly old Armenian warlock, even if he did save a village from werewolves. He’d look dreadful on the front cover.”

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299. “That even though we’ve got a fight ahead of us, we’ve got one thing that Voldemort doesn’t have. – Something worth fighting for.”

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300. “Why are you worrying about YOU-KNOW-WHO, when you should be worrying about YOU-NO-POO? The constipation sensation that’s gripping the nation!”

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