Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (#1) by J.K. Rowling: Favourite Quotes Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. Aunt Petunia often said that Dudley looked like a baby angel - Harry often said that Dudley looked like a pig in a wig. "Ah, shut up, Dursely, yer great prune," said the giant. The giant chuckled darkly, "Yer great puddn' of a son don' need fattenin' anymore, Dursley don' worry." "Ah, go boil yer heads, both of yeh," said Hagrid. "Harry- yer a wizard." "I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOME CRACKPOT OLD FOOL TO TEACH MAGIC TRICKS!" yelled Uncle Vernon. But he had finally gone too far. Hagrid seized his umbrella and whirled it over his head. "NEVER - " he thundered, "- INSULT- ALBUS - DUMBLEDORE - IN - FRONT - OF - ME!" But from that moment on, Hermione Granger became their friend. 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. "And I've packed his teddy bear in case he gets lonely." From inside the crate came ripping sounds that sounded to Harry as though teddy was having his head torn off. "Bye-bye, Norbert!" Hagrid sobbed, as Harry and Hermione covered the crate with the invisibility cloak and stepped underneath it themselves. "Mummy will never forget you!" “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” “To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.” “The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.” “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.” “Now, you two – this year, you behave yourselves. If I get one more owl telling me you've – you've blown up a toilet or –" "Blown up a toilet? We've never blown up a toilet." "Great idea though, thanks, Mum.” “Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.” “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.” “What happened down in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret, so, naturally the whole school knows.” “There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.” “Can't stay long, Mother," he said. "I'm up front, the prefects have got two compartments to themselves-" "Oh, are you a prefect, Percy?" said one of the twins, with an air of great surprise. "You should have said something, we had no idea." "Hang on, I think I remember him saying something about it," said the other twin. "Once-" "Or twice-" "A minute-" "All summer-" "Oh, shut up," said Percy the Prefect.” “Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts, Teach us something please, Whether we be old and bald, Or young with scabby knees, Our heads could do with filling With some interesting stuff, For now they're bare and full of air, Dead flies and bits of fluff, So teach us something worth knowing, Bring us back what we've forgot, Just do your best, we'll do the rest, And learn until our brains all rot...” “Everybody finished the song at different times. At last, only the Weasley twins were left singing along to a very slow funeral march.” “Don't play," said Hermione at once. "Say you're ill," said Ron. "Pretend to break your leg," Hermione suggested. "Really break your leg," said Ron.” “Do you mean ter tell me," he growled at the Dursleys, "that this boy—this boy!—knows nothin' abou'—about ANYTHING?" Harry thought this was going a bit far. He had been to school, after all, and his marks weren't bad. "I know some things," he said. "I can, you know, do math and stuff.” “Fred, you next," the plump woman said. "I'm not Fred, I'm George," said the boy. "Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother? Can't you tell I'm George?" "Sorry, George, dear." "Only joking, I am Fred," said the boy and off he went.” “I believe your friends Misters Fred and George Weasley were responsible for trying to send you a toilet seat. No doubt they thought it would amuse you.”
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