Top Ten Tuesday: My Top 10 Favorite Quotes from Harry Potter
Top Ten Tuesday is a fun weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Top Ten Tuesday is currently on hiatus, so I decided to make this a FREEBIE week for myself. I’ve spent the past year or so re-reading the Harry Potter series with my 9-year old son. It has been a lengthy endeavor because he likes me to read aloud and those last few books in the series are huge, but I have to admit it has been a labor of love. My son adores the series just as much as I do and it has really provided us with lots of quality mother-son time as we make our way through the series together. We’re nearly finished with the final books now, so I thought it would be fun to share some of our favorite quotes from the series. Some were quotes that made us giggle while we read, while others we found to just be incredibly moving and inspiring. Harry Potter really is one of the best series out there for readers of all ages.
Top Ten Favorite Quotes from the Harry Potter Series
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1. “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, speaking of Neville Longbottom, Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone)
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2. “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
(Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone)
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3. “Because that’s what Hermione does…When in doubt, go to the library.”
(Ron Weasley, speaking of Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)
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4. “Oh, honestly. Don’t you two read?”
(Hermione Granger, speaking to Ron and Harry, Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone)
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5. “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
(Albus Dumbledore, speaking to Harry, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)
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6. “You look in excellent health to me, Potter, so you will excuse me if I don’t let you off homework today. I assure you that if you do die, you need not hand it in.”
(Professor McGonagall, speaking to Harry, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)
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7. “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
(The key to accessing the awesome Marauder’s Map, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)
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8. “Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and above all, those who live without love.”
(Albus Dumbledore, speaking to Harry, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
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9. “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
(Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
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10. “Are you quite sure you wouldn’t like a cough drop, Dolores?”
(Professor McGonagall, being awesomely snarky to Delores Umbridge, who keeps interrupting her with her annoying little coughs, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)