Best Quotes from Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets by J.K. Rowling with Page Numbers

Harry Potter wasn’t a normal boy. As a matter of fact, he was as not normal as it is possible to be.

Harry's hopes hadn’t been high; they’d never given him a real present, let alone a cake — but to ignore it completely…

More than anything else at Hogwarts, Harry missed his best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.

What wouldn’t he give now for a message from Hogwarts?

Underage wizards weren’t allowed to use magic outside of school.

Harry had enjoyed muttering nonsense words under his breath and watching Dudley tearing out of the room as fast as his fat legs would carry him.

He had never felt so lonely.

Harry stared from his purple-faced uncle to his pale aunt, who was trying to heave Dudley to his feet.

We must build you up while we’ve got the chance.

Harry had slipped through Voldemort’s clutches for a second time, but it had been a narrow escape.

"Dobby has come to tell you, sir…it is difficult, sir…Dobby wonders where to begin.…"

"Harry Potter must not go back to Hogwarts ."

"Harry Potter is humble and modest," said Dobby reverently, his orb-like eyes aglow.

"Harry Potter must stay where he is safe. He is too great, too good, to lose."

"Dobby will have to punish himself most grievously for coming to see you, sir."

"Dobby is a house-elf — bound to serve one house and one family forever.…"

"A house-elf must be set free, sir. And the family will never set Dobby free…"

"Harry Potter is valiant and bold! He has braved so many dangers already!"

"Harry Potter asks if he can help Dobby…Dobby has heard of your greatness, sir, but of your goodness, Dobby never knew.…"

"There are powers Dumbledore doesn’t…powers no decent wizard…"

"It’s wonderful ," said Harry happily, thinking of Privet Drive.

"You know we’re not supposed to do spells outside school —"

"You should talk," said Harry, staring at the floating car.

"We’ve come to take you home with us."

"I’m glad we came to get you, anyway," said Ron.

"The moment they know the de-gnoming’s going on they storm up to have a look. You’d think they’d have learned by now just to stay put."

"It was cloudy , Mum!" said Fred.

"You could have died , you could have been seen , you could have lost your father his job —"

"It’s not much," said Ron.

"This is the best house I’ve ever been in."

Fascinating, really, how many ways Muggles have found of getting along without magic.

Oh, are you starting at Hogwarts this year?

Well, we’ll manage.

Dunno how Mum and Dad are going to afford all our school stuff this year.

Harry, watch us first.

What an extraordinary moment this is!

He had no idea, that he would shortly be getting much more than my book.

Clearly, the company you keep, Weasley...and I thought your family could sink no lower.

No Malfoy's worth listening to — bad blood, that’s what it is.

A fine example to set for your children…brawling in public…

"Muggles do know more than we give them credit for, don’t they?"

"We’re stuck, right? And we’ve got to get to school, haven’t we? And even underage wizards are allowed to use magic if it’s a real emergency, section nineteen or something of the Restriction of Thingy —"

"That," panted Ron, "was close. Well done, car —"

"Can you believe our luck?" said Ron thickly through a mouthful of chicken and ham. "Fred and George must’ve flown that car five or six times and no Muggle ever saw them."

"I will not take any points from Gryffindor," she said, and Harry’s heart lightened considerably. "But you will both get a detention."

"What have you done with the car?" Ron gulped.

"Well, we haven’t been expelled," Harry assured her.

"We’ll have to watch our step from now on, though," he said, taking a grateful swig of pumpkin juice.

"It was as though they had been plunged into a fabulous dream."

"Their trunks had been brought up for them and stood at the ends of their beds."

"It’s entirely your fault and if you put another toe out of line we’ll bring you straight back home."

"You could have fried an egg on your face."

"I didn’t get rid of the Bandon Banshee by smiling at her!"

"It’s not quite as good as winning Witch Weekly ’s Most Charming Smile Award five times in a row, as I have — but it’s a start, Harry, it’s a start."

"Gave you a taste for publicity, didn’t I?"

"You can’t start flying cars to try and get yourself noticed. Just calm down, all right?"

"I mean, a few people have heard of you, haven’t they? All that business with He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named!"

"I covered up for you back there with young Creevey — if he was photographing me, too, your schoolmates won’t think you’re setting yourself up so much."

"I must ask you not to scream, it might provoke them."

"Devilish tricky little blighters they can be!"

"Fame's a fickle friend, Harry..."

"...celebrity is as celebrity does, remember that."

"Look at Neville Longbottom — he’s pure-blood and he can hardly stand a cauldron the right way up."

"...the rest of us know it doesn’t make any difference at all."

"It’s a disgusting thing to call someone..."

"...dirty blood, see. Common blood. It’s ridiculous."

"I mean, the rest of us know it doesn’t make any difference at all."

"I reckon she wouldn’ say no ter a signed —"

"We should have won the Quidditch cup last year. We’re easily the best team."

"At least no one on the Gryffindor team had to buy their way in..."

"You look troubled, young Potter."

"A matter of no importance..."

"Most people would think that’s good and beheaded, but oh, no, it’s not enough for Sir Properly Decapitated-Podmore."

"I wish there was something I could do for you about the Headless Hunt."

"It would be such an honor if you would attend."

"A deathday party?" said Hermione keenly when Harry had changed at last and joined her and Ron in the common room.

"A promise is a promise," Hermione reminded Harry bossily.

"Shall we have a look around?" Harry suggested, wanting to warm up his feet.

"Not a bad turnout," said Nearly Headless Nick proudly.

"This way," he shouted, and he began to run.

“Innocent until proven guilty, Severus.”

“You may go,” Dumbledore said to Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

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

“If Dumbledore believed Filch, he would be expelled for sure.”

“It was definitely a curse that killed her”

“But how, I cannot say…”

“The Chamber Has Been Opened...What’s that supposed to mean?”

“I just hope he’s got time to Petrify Filch before he’s expelled.”

“But, Professor, if the Chamber can only be opened by Slytherin's true heir, no one else would be able to find it, would they?”

“There might be a way… Of course, it would be difficult. And dangerous, very dangerous.”

‘I never thought I'd see the day when you’d be persuading us to break rules,’ said Ron.

‘Harry Potter survived, and the Dark Lord’s power was broken, and it was a new dawn, sir, and Harry Potter shone like a beacon of hope for those of us who thought the Dark days would never end.’

‘Better sent home, grievously injured, than remain here sir! Dobby only wanted Harry Potter hurt enough to be sent home!’

‘Dobby can only be freed if his masters present him with clothes, sir.’

‘Harry Potter must not meddle in this, sir, ‘tis too dangerous.’

‘What d’you mean, your Bludger? You made that Bludger try and kill me?’

‘So noble! So valiant! But he must save himself, he must, Harry Potter must not—’

‘Malfoy’s face… he looked ready to kill…’

‘Great capture, Harry, really spectacular, your best yet, I’d say.’

‘If Albus hadn’t been on the way downstairs for hot chocolate — who knows what might have —’

"The sooner we get a confession out of Malfoy, the better."

"If he doesn’t stop trying to save your life he’s going to kill you."

"You read too much, Hermione."

"Just do what I did, Harry!"

"If I ever find out who threw this, I shall make sure that person is expelled."

"I’m a Parselmouth! You can talk to snakes!"

"This is bad."

"That’s probably why You-Know-Who wanted to kill him in the first place."

"You’ll find that hard to prove."

"You’re a Parselmouth. Why didn’t you tell us?"

"He’s been looking dreadful for days; I’ve been telling him to get a move on."

"Phoenixes burst into flame when it is time for them to die and are reborn from the ashes."

"Fascinating creatures, phoenixes. They can carry immensely heavy loads, their tears have healing powers, and they make highly faithful pets."

"Without our fans, we lose a sense of who we are."

"You must have some idea who’s behind it all…"

"I wish I knew who it is…"

"I do not think that Harry attacked those people."

"You don’t know how bizarre it is to see Goyle thinking."

"It’s a shame you had to see him on a Burning Day."

"You’ll be teased something dreadful."

"I mean that this diary holds memories of terrible things. Things that were covered up. Things that happened at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."

"I always knew that there would be those who would not want this diary read."

"We know T. M. Riddle got an award for special services to the school fifty years ago."

"But it can’t hurt you if someone throws something at you..."

"You’d be surprised..."

"All right, I’ve got the point."

"It might be invisible ink!"

"Lucky that I recorded my memories in some more lasting way than ink."

"If the person was caught — if it all stopped —"

"Come on, Rubeus, the dead girl’s parents will be here tomorrow."

I have rarely been so distressed. It is likely that the school will be closed unless the culprit behind these attacks is caught.

Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.

You will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me.

If anyone wanted ter find out some stuff, all they’d have ter do would be ter follow the spiders.

It's never too early to think about the future.

I want it understood, Cornelius, that Hagrid has my full confidence.

But that’s very important! Not the way Lockhart teaches it.

You met Hagrid down Knockturn Alley, didn’t you?

When in doubt, go to the library.

Things’ve gone far enough. Ministry’s got to act.

Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.

Hagrid has never sent men into our hollow before.

But I cannot deny them fresh meat, when it wanders so willingly into our midst.

Hagrid is my good friend, and a good man.

I was not born in the castle. I come from a distant land.

They believed that I was the monster that dwells in what they call the Chamber of Secrets.

I never saw any part of the castle but the cupboard in which I grew up.

Our kind like the dark and the quiet.

They think, up at the school, that Hagrid’s been setting a — a — something on students.

That Hagrid never opened the Chamber of Secrets.

The whole point of keeping the school open at this time is for you to receive your education.

Yes, Potter, of course you may visit Miss Granger.

I quite understand.

We shall have to send all the students home tomorrow.

Do use your common sense.

It’s not all book signings and publicity photos, you know.

No one wants to read about some ugly old Armenian warlock.

The adventure ends here, boys!

If there’s one thing I pride myself on, it’s my Memory Charms.

You can go first.

"Ginny, please wake up."

"You’ve got to help me, Tom."

"It’s very boring, having to listen to the silly little troubles of an eleven-year-old girl."

"Haven’t I already told you, that killing Mudbloods doesn’t matter to me anymore?"

"How did you survive? Tell me everything. The longer you talk, the longer you stay alive."

"Your mother died to save you."

"But it makes no difference. In fact, I prefer it this way."

"You’re a wreck. You’re barely alive. That’s where all your power got you."

"There is nothing special about you, after all."

"This is what Dumbledore sends his defender! A songbird and an old hat!"

"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

"You will find that Madam Pomfrey is still awake. She’s just giving out Mandrake juice..."

"Very well, Professor. I will write to Azkaban —we need our gamekeeper back."

"You can speak Parseltongue, Harry, because Lord Voldemort... can speak Parseltongue."

"Miss Weasley should go up to the hospital wing right away... Older and wiser wizards than she have been hoodwinked by Lord Voldemort."

"Harry Potter freed Dobby!" said the elf shrilly.

"Master has given a sock. Master threw it, and Dobby caught it, and Dobby — Dobby is free."

"Only a true Gryffindor could have pulled that out of the hat, Harry."

"He was a clever plan, because if Harry here and his friend Ron hadn’t discovered this book... Ginny Weasley might have taken all the blame..."

"What you need, Harry, is some food and sleep."