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

Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways.

Harry was particularly keen to avoid trouble with his aunt and uncle at the moment.

To their fury, they had not been unsuccessful.

As long as he didn't leave spots of ink on the sheets, the Dursleys need never know that he was studying magic by night.

Harry had come face-to-face with him at Hogwarts.

Yet another unusual thing about Harry was how little he looked forward to his birthdays.

He had never received a birthday card in his life.

After swearing that he wouldn't use her to send letters to any of his friends, Harry had been allowed to let his owl, Hedwig, out at night.

If not, I'll see you on the Hogwarts Express on September first!

Extremely unusual though he was, at that moment Harry Potter felt just like everyone else - glad, for the first time in his life, that it was his birthday.

"You keep away from me."

"Marge'll be here for a week," Uncle Vernon snarled.

"There'll be trouble," spat Uncle Vernon.

"Knocking the stuffing out of me won't make Aunt Marge forget what I could tell her."

"Think about Hogsmeade. Don't say anything. Don't rise -"

"A good thrashing is what's needed in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred."

"If there's something rotten on the inside, there's nothing anyone can do about it."

"He was not," said Harry suddenly.

"She deserved it," Harry said, breathing very fast.

"I'm going," Harry said. "I've had enough."

"But after ten minutes alone in the dark street, a new emotion overtook him: panic."

"he thought of Ron and Hermione, and his heart sank even lower."

"If he was already expelled... a bit more magic couldn't hurt."

"what if he bewitched the trunk to make it feather-light, tied it to his broomstick, covered himself in the cloak, and flew to London?"

"He had never met a vampire, but he had seen pictures of them in his Defense Against the Dark Arts classes."

"The Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard."

"This is where we was before you flagged us down," he said.

"Circumstances change, Harry...We have to take into account...in the present climate..."

"I always stay at Hogwarts for the Christmas and Easter holidays, and I don’t ever want to go back to Privet Drive."

"It’s been a very weird night, Hedwig."

It took Harry several days to get used to his strange new freedom.

He could even go wherever he pleased, as long as it was in Diagon Alley.

Harry could hear the buses rolling by in the unseen Muggle street behind him.

It can't have been a death omen,

You're fighting a losing battle there, dear.

Personally, I won't let any of the children out alone until he's back in Azkaban.

You know what Harry and Ron are like, wandering off by themselves.

But Harry will be perfectly safe at Hogwarts.

It's the Azkaban guards who'll get him back, You mark my words.

I'm not going to be murdered.

"I'm not trying to be a hero, but seriously, Sirius Black can't be worse than Lord Voldemort, can he?"

"Harry, you must be scared - " "I'm not," said Harry sincerely. "Really."

"Promise me, Harry, that whatever happens -" "Why would I go looking for someone I know wants to kill me?"

"Trouble usually finds me."

"Eat, it'll help."

"Dementors are not to be fooled by tricks or disguises - or even Invisibility Cloaks."

"I look to the prefects, and our new Head Boy and Girl, to make sure that no student runs afoul of the Dementors."

"Setting Dementors around a school... terrible things they are... and the effect they have on people who are already delicate -"

"It was a Dementor, one of the Dementors of Azkaban."

"As you will all be aware after their search of the Hogwarts Express, our school is presently playing host to some of the Dementors of Azkaban."

"Just ignore him, it's not worth it..."

"They suck the happiness out of a place, Dementors. Most of the prisoners go mad in there."

"Forget it, Harry..."

"You need your Inner Eye tested, if you ask me."

"Broaden your minds, my dears, and allow your eyes to see past the mundane!"

"You have the Grim."

"If it were not for the fact that I never speak ill of my colleagues -"

"I assure you that if you die, you need not hand it in."

"We'll see how happy Malfoy looks after our first Quidditch match."

"We'll tell Dumbledore what really happened."

"The charm that repels a Boggart is simple, yet it requires force of mind."

"The thing that really finishes a Boggart is laughter."

"It's always best to have company when you're dealing with a Boggart."

"What scares you most is often a reflection of your inner struggles and fears."

"If you can imagine the fear in a comical way, you can reduce its power over you."

"It will assume the form of whatever it thinks will frighten us most."

"The Boggart is confused when faced with many fears at once."

"An excellent lesson is one where we confront our fears together."

"You will need only your wands."

"When the Boggart bursts out... think of how you might force it to look comical."

"Ever since Harry joined the team, I've thought the thing was in the bag."

"The Quidditch Cup should have had our name on it these last two years."

"This is our last chance - my last chance - to win the Quidditch Cup."

"We've got the best - ruddy - team - in - the - school."

"It should have had our name on it... But we haven't got it, and this year's the last chance we'll get to finally see our name on the thing..."

"But this year’s our year," said Fred.

"Definitely," said Harry.

"Full of determination, the team started training sessions, three evenings a week."

"I'll see you at the feast. Have a good time."

"The point is," Wood went on, resuming his pacing, "the Quidditch Cup should have had our name on it these last two years."

"I want the prefects to stand guard over the entrances to the hall and I am leaving the Head Boy and Girl in charge."

"Sleep well," said Professor Dumbledore, closing the door behind him.

"There are all sorts of enchantments on it, to stop people entering by stealth."

"Oh yes," said Dumbledore coldly. "But I'm afraid no Dementor will cross the threshold of this castle while I am Headmaster."

"I know this will come as a shock to you, but Sirius Black -"

"Well...goodness knows, I'd like to see us win the Cup at last...but all the same, Potter...I'd be happier if a teacher were present."

"We mustn't relax! We must keep our focus! Slytherin is trying to wrong-foot us! We must win!"

"Hermione tapped them with her wand and said, 'Impervius!'"

"You know, I reckon Ron was right about you..."

"C'mon, Harry, you've never missed the Snitch before."

"It has nothing to do with weakness... You have nothing to feel ashamed of."

"Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk this earth. They infest the darkest, filthiest places, they glory in decay and despair, they drain peace, hope, and happiness out of the air around them."

"All the same... they are here to protect you all from something much worse..."

"The worst that happened to you, Harry, is enough to make anyone fall off their broom."

"You know, Cornelius, if you're dining with the headmaster, we'd better head back up to the castle."

"The fortress is set on a tiny island, way out to sea, but they don't need walls and water to keep the prisoners in, not when they're all trapped inside their own heads, incapable of a single cheery thought."

"I don't pretend to be an expert at fighting Dementors, Harry - quite the contrary..."

"If Dumbledore won't let them into the school, their supply of human prey has dried up..."

"You have only to follow the light."

"We owe them so much. Noble men, working tirelessly to help a new generation of lawbreakers."

But you were innocent!

Thought o' jus' letting Buckbeak go...tryin' ter make him fly away...but how d'yeh explain ter a Hippogriff it's gotta go inter hidin'? An' - an' I'm scared o' breakin' the law...

Yer right. I can' afford to go ter pieces. Gotta pull meself together...

If you'd heard your mum screaming like that, just about to be killed, you wouldn't forget it in a hurry.

They'd never want you to go looking for Black!

Listen, Hagrid,

The Patronus is a kind of positive force, a projection of the very things that the Dementor feeds upon - hope, happiness, the desire to survive.

Concentrating hard on your happy memory?

Expecto patronum!

You're expecting too much of yourself.

For a thirteen-year-old wizard, even an indistinct Patronus is a huge achievement.

I have complete confidence in you.

You can exist without your soul... But you'll have no sense of self anymore.

No memory, no...anything.

You'd better get a grip on yourself if you want that Quidditch Cup.

I heard my dad... He tried to take on Voldemort himself, to give my mum time to run for it.

‘You know what we’ve got to do,’ said Wood as they prepared to leave the locker rooms. ‘If we lose this match, we’re out of the running. Just - just fly like you did in practice yesterday, and we’ll be okay!’

‘Harry, I’m letting the Snitch out!’ Wood called.

‘That would be because they - er - weren’t Dementors,’ said Professor Lupin.

‘That was quite some Patronus,’ said a voice in Harry’s ear.

‘I didn’t feel a thing!’

‘You know what we’ve got to do,’ said Wood as they prepared to leave the locker rooms. ‘If we lose this match, we’re out of the running. Just - just fly like you did in practice yesterday, and we’ll be okay!’

‘Come on, Harry!’ said George, fighting his way over. ‘Party! Gryffindor common room, now!’

‘If Scabbers hadn’t just been eaten, he could have had some of those Fudge Flies. He used to really like them -’

‘I can’t see what’s going to stop us tomorrow!’ said Wood.

‘You gave Mr. Malfoy quite a fright,’ said Lupin.

"But famous Harry Potter is a law unto himself."

"Your parents gave their lives to keep you alive, Harry. A poor way to repay them - gambling their sacrifice for a bag of magic tricks."

"People can be a bit stupid about their pets."

"Ah, well, people can be a bit stupid about their pets," said Hagrid wisely.

"His head was so swollen -"

"Maybe he'd better go to Madam Pomfrey," said Harry. "If he's seeing things like -"

"I would hate for you to run away with a false idea of your father, Potter," he said, a terrible grin twisting his face.

"Childish, but surely not dangerous?"

"What did you say to me, Potter?"

"People can be a bit stupid about their pets."

"You won't have to do all the work alone this time, Hermione. I'll help."

"That Committee's in Lucius Malfoy's pocket. I'm jus' gonna make sure the rest o' Beaky's time is the happiest he's ever had. I owe him that..."

"Don't you dare call Hagrid pathetic, you foul - you evil -"

"What? Oh no! I forgot to go to Charms!"

"I reckon you're cracking up. You're trying to do too much."

"Fine! I give up! I'm leaving!"

"It's obvious what this means. There's going to be loads of fog tonight."

"You're going to be fine," Hermione told him, though she looked positively terrified.

"You've got a Firebolt!" said Ron.

"We've won the Cup! We've won the Cup!" Tangled together in a many-armed hug.

"Wish she'd hurry up..."

"Dumbledore's gonna come down while it - while it happens. Wrote me this mornin'. Said he wants ter - ter be with me."

"Great man, Dumbledore..."

"Isn't there anything anyone can do, Hagrid?"

"They mustn' find yeh here...Go now..."

"Don' listen..."

"They can't kill him -"

"I can't stand it, I can't bear it..."

"Hagrid, we can't -"

"I would certainly not presume to predict anything quite as far-fetched as that!"

"Your father would have done the same for me."

"Brave of you not to run for a teacher. I'm grateful... it will make everything much easier..."

"If you want to kill Harry, you'll have to kill us too!"

"There'll be only one murder here tonight."

"If that dog can get in, we can."

"You must be prepared to take risks if you want to con..."

"The important thing is, I was watching it carefully this evening..."

"You're the cleverest witch of your age I've ever met, Hermione."

"I have not been helping Sirius. If you'll give me a chance, I'll explain."

"You don't understand..."

"All right, then...Tell them whatever you like. But make it quick, Remus. I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for..."

"You're going to hear me out, Ron," he said quietly. "Just keep a tight hold on Peter while you listen."

"The truth is that it was planted because I came to Hogwarts."

"It seemed impossible that I would be able to come to Hogwarts. Other parents weren't likely to want their children exposed to me."

"But then Dumbledore became Headmaster, and he was sympathetic."

"And that's how we came to write the Marauder's Map, and sign it with our nicknames."

"They couldn't keep me company as humans, so they kept me company as animals."

"A werewolf is only a danger to people."

"I sometimes felt guilty about betraying Dumbledore's trust, of course... he had admitted me to Hogwarts when no other headmaster would have done so."

"Dumbledore's trust has meant everything to me."

"Is a schoolboy grudge worth putting an innocent man back inside Azkaban?"

"Don't ask me to fathom the way a werewolf's mind works."

"You're pathetic! Just because they made a fool of you at school you won't even listen-"

"I never betrayed James and Lily. I would have died before I betrayed them."

"You should have realized, if Voldemort didn't kill you, we would. Good-bye, Peter."

"If you made a better rat than a human, it's not much to boast about, Peter."

"You can't kill him...you can't."

"I don't reckon my dad would have wanted them to become killers - just for you."

"You're the only person who has the right to decide, Harry."

"He can go to Azkaban, if anyone deserves that place, he does..."

"You're free... But I'm also - I don't know if anyone ever told you - I'm your godfather."

"I'll understand, of course, if you want to stay with your aunt and uncle... if you wanted a... a different home..."

"Are you insane? Of course I want to leave the Dursleys! Have you got a house? When can I move in?"

"You mean it?"

"I don't know..."

"We'd better get them up to the castle and tell someone."

"Hermione, think of something happy!"

"He'll be all right. I'm going to go and live with him."

"I'm going to live with my godfather. I'm leaving the Dursleys."

"Expecto patronum!"

"You must not be seen."

"What we need... is more time."

"It is your turn to listen, and I beg you will not interrupt me, because there is very little time."

"I wish to speak to Harry and Hermione alone."

"Yes, I do," said Dumbledore quietly. "But I have no power to make other men see the truth, or to overrule the Minister of Magic..."

"It is too late, you understand me? You must see that Professor Snape's version of events is far more convincing than yours."

"If we manage that without being seen, it'll be a miracle!"

"You conjured up a Patronus that drove away all those Dementors! That's very, very advanced magic."

"I knew I could do it this time," said Harry, "because I'd already done it... Does that make sense?"

"You are - truly your father's son, Harry..."

"You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble?"

"Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself most plainly when you have need of him."

"It made all the difference in the world, Harry. You helped uncover the truth. You saved an innocent man from a terrible fate."

"Hasn't your experience with the Time-Turner taught you anything, Harry? The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed."

"You did a very noble thing, in saving Pettigrew's life."

"This is magic at its deepest, its most impenetrable, Harry. But trust me... the time may come when you will be very glad you saved Pettigrew's life."

"I knew your father very well, both at Hogwarts and later, Harry. He would have saved Pettigrew too, I am sure of it."

"I expect you'll tire of hearing it, but you do look extraordinarily like James. Except for the eyes... you have your mother's eyes."

"In a way, you did see your father last night... You found him inside yourself."

"Well, good-bye, Harry. It has been a real pleasure teaching you. I feel sure we'll meet again sometime."