50 Unforgettable Harry Potter Quotes (Updated 2020)

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Harry Potter is a film series based on the novels written by British author J. K. Rowling, and produced by David Heyman.

Focused on the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

The original first novel was released on the 26th of June 1997.

The success of the books and films has allowed the Harry Potter franchise to expand to series that will consist of five films that started with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, marking the beginning of the Wizarding World shared media franchise.

Here’s our collection of the best Harry Potter quotes:

50 Unforgettable Harry Potter Quotes

1. “I’ll be in my bedroom, making no noise and pretending I’m not there.” — Harry Potter

2. “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” — Albus Dumbledore

3. “Not my daughter, you b*tch!” ― Molly Weasley

4. “We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.” — Albus Dumbledore

5. “Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn’t mean we all have.” ― Hermione Granger

6. “Your devotion is nothing more than cowardice. You would not be here if you had anywhere else to go.” — Voldemort

7. “Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.” — Hermione Granger

8. “I solemnly swear I am up to no good.” ― Harry Potter

9. “If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.” — Sirius Black

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10. “I hope you’re pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed — or worse, expelled. Now if you don’t mind, I’m going to bed.” ― Hermione Granger

11. “Just because it’s taken you three years to notice, Ron doesn’t mean no one else has spotted I’m a girl!” — Hermione Granger

12. “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” ― Albus Dumbledore

13. “Fawkes is a phoenix, Harry. Phoenixes burst into flame when it is time for them to die and are reborn from the ashes.” — Albus Dumbledore

14. “It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.” — Albus Dumbledore

15. “Honestly, am I the only person who’s ever bothered to read ‘Hogwarts: A History?” — Hermione Granger

16. “Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.” — Luna Lovegood

17. “Are you insane? Of course, I want to leave the Dursleys! Have you got a house? When can I move in?” — Harry Potter

18. “Anyone can speak Troll. All you have to do is point and grunt.” — Fred Weasley

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

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20. “You’re just as sane as I am.” —Luna Lovegood

21. “Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.” — Albus Dumbledore

22. “There is no need to call me ‘sir,’ Professor.” — Harry Potter

23. “Every human life is worth the same and worth saving.” — Kingsley Shacklebolt

24. “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.” ― Albus Dumbledore

25. “I mean, it’s sort of exciting, isn’t it, breaking the rules?” — Hermione Granger

26. “You’re a little scary sometimes, you know that? Brilliant … but scary.” — Ron Weasley

27. “Yer a wizard Harry.” ― Rubeus Hagrid

28. “I’ve always wanted to use that spell.” ― Minerva McGonagall

29. “Hearing voices no one else can hear isn’t a good sign, even in the wizarding world.” — Ron Weasley

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30. “Once again, you show all the sensitivity of a blunt axe.” — Nearly Headless Nick

31. “You can laugh, but people used to believe there were no such things as the Blibbering Humdinger or the Crumple-Horned Snorkack!” ― Luna Lovegood

32. “It is the quality of one’s convictions that determines success, not the number of followers.” —Remus Lupin

33. “Youth can not know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.” — Albus Dumbledore

34. “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.” ― Sirius Black

35. “The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.” — Albus Dumbledore

36. “Give her hell from us, Peeves.’ And Peeves, whom Harry had never seen take an order from a student before, swept his belled hat from his head and sprang to a salute as Fred and George wheeled about to tumultuous applause from the students below and sped out of the open front doors into the glorious sunset. ― Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

37. “Fame is a fickle friend, Harry. Celebrity is as celebrity does. Remember that.” — Gilderoy Lockhart

38. “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” ― Albus Dumbledore

39. “Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.” — Albus Dumbledore

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

41. “To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.” ― Albus Dumbledore

42. “Mischief Managed!” — Harry Potter

43. “He can run faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo.” — Fred Weasley

44. “When in doubt, go to the library.” — Ron Weasley

45. “Honestly, if you were any slower, you’d be going backward.” — Draco Malfoy

46. “Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.” — Albus Dumbledore

47. “Training for the ballet, Potter?” — Draco Malfoy

48. “But you know, happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” ― Albus Dumbledore

49. “Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.” — Albus Dumbledore

50. “Curiosity is not a sin…. But we should exercise caution with our curiosity… yes, indeed.” — Albus Dumbledore

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