Best Quotes from Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling with Page Numbers

Mr. and Mrs. Dursley... were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

They had a secret, and their greatest fear was that somebody would discover it.

The Dursleys shuddered to think what the neighbors would say if the Potters arrived in the street.

Fear flooded him.

Rejoice, for You-Know-Who has gone at last!

Even Muggles like yourself should be celebrating, this happy, happy day!

I have never seen any reason to be frightened of saying Voldemort’s name.

Famous for something he won’t even remember!

It’s lucky it’s dark. I haven’t blushed so much since Madam Pomfrey told me she liked my new earmuffs.

Good luck, Harry.

Harry had always been small and skinny for his age.

Don’t ask questions — that was the first rule for a quiet life with the Dursleys.

Harry had the best morning he’d had in a long time.

The more they shouted, the more he wanted to laugh.

He felt, afterward, that he should have known it was all too good to last.

There aren’t any pictures of them in the house.

Sometimes, when he strained his memory... he came up with a strange vision: a blinding flash of green light.

Yet sometimes he thought (or maybe hoped) that strangers in the street seemed to know him.

The weirdest thing about all these people was the way they seemed to vanish the second Harry tried to get a closer look.

As he sat in the dark cupboard, he realized how alone he really was.

‘The poor toilet’s never had anything as horrible as your head down it — it might be sick.’

‘When September came he would be going off to secondary school and, for the first time in his life, he wouldn’t be with Dudley.’

‘I’m dyeing some of Dudley’s old things gray for you. It’ll look just like everyone else’s when I’ve finished.’

‘It was not a mistake,’ said Harry angrily, ‘it had my cupboard on it.’

‘Harry picked it up and stared at it, his heart twanging like a giant elastic band.’

‘Someone knew he had moved out of his cupboard and they seemed to know he hadn’t received his first letter.’

‘He mustn’t wake the Dursleys. He stole downstairs without turning on any of the lights.’

‘Harry leapt into the air; he’d trodden on something big and squashy on the doormat — something alive!’

‘That does it,’ said Uncle Vernon, trying to speak calmly but pulling great tufts out of his mustache at the same time.

‘The whole shack shivered and Harry sat bolt upright, staring at the door. Someone was outside, knocking to come in.’

"Harry — yer a wizard."

"But why? What happened?"

"You’re famous."

"Never told him what was in the letter Dumbledore left fer him?"

"That’s what yeh get when a Powerful, evil curse touches yeh."

"How could a car crash kill Lily an’ James Potter?"

"I don’t know if I’m the right person ter tell yeh — but someone’s gotta — yeh can’t go off ter Hogwarts not knowin’."

"Harry Potter, not a wizard — you wait, you’ll be right famous at Hogwarts."

"It’s best yeh know as much as I can tell yeh — mind, I can’t tell yeh everythin’, it’s a great myst’ry."

"I’m warning you, Dursley -I’m warning you — one more word…"

"Harry, yer a wizard."

"Gringotts is the safest place in the world fer anything yeh want ter keep safe — ‘cept maybe Hogwarts."

"Don’t worry about that… Nah, first stop fer us is Gringotts. Wizards’ bank. Run by goblins."

"Seems a shame ter row, though," said Hagrid, giving Harry another of his sideways looks.

"If yeh know where to go, yeh can buy all this in London."

"I know yer parents didn’t leave yeh anything, but..."

"You’ve been singled out, an’ that’s always hard. But yeh’ll have a great time at Hogwarts — I did — still do, ‘smatter of fact."

"The wand chooses the wizard, remember…. I think we must expect great things from you, Mr. Potter…"

"After all, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did great things — terrible, yes, but great."

"Don’ you worry, Harry. You’ll learn fast enough. Everyone starts at the beginning at Hogwarts, you’ll be just fine."

"All you have to do is walk straight at the barrier between platforms nine and ten. Don’t stop and don’t be scared you’ll crash into it, that’s very important."

"It didn’t come… he kept on running… he opened his eyes. A scarlet steam engine was waiting next to a platform packed with people."

"Harry felt a great leap of excitement. He didn’t know what he was going to but it had to be better than what he was leaving behind."

"I just never knew you shouldn’t. See what I mean? I’ve got loads to learn...."

"You won’t be. There’s loads of people who come from Muggle families and they learn quick enough."

"Harry stared as Dumbledore sidled back into the picture on his card and gave him a small smile."

"Harry had never had anything to share before or, indeed, anyone to share it with. It was a nice feeling, sitting there with Ron..."

"You don’t want to go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there."

"Say that again," Ron said, his face as red as his hair.

"What’s your Quidditch team?" Ronald asked. "Oh, you wait, it’s the best game in the world."

"Welcome to Hogwarts," said Professor McGonagall.

"The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your house will be something like your family within Hogwarts."

"I hope each of you will be a credit to whichever house becomes yours."

"You can keep your bowlers black, Your top hats sleek and tall, For I’m the Hogwarts Sorting Hat And I can cap them all."

"So try me on and I will tell you Where you ought to be."

"You might belong in Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve, and chivalry Set Gryffindors apart;"

"I can tell you where to go, But your mind can change the flow."

"You’re in safe hands (though I have none) For I’m a Thinking Cap!"

"So where shall I put you?"

"Are you sure? You could be great, you know, it’s all here in your head..."

You have been warned.

I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death.

As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly believe this is magic.

The beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses.

For your information, Potter, asphodel and wormwood make a sleeping potion so powerful it is known as the Draught of Living Death.

A bezoar is a stone taken from the stomach of a goat and it will save you from most poisons.

Cheer up! Snape’s always taking points off Fred and George.

Make yerselves at home.

Rubbish! Why should he?

Had Hagrid collected that package just in time?

"You don’t know that you’ll make a fool of yourself."

"Perhaps brooms, like horses, could tell when you were afraid..."

"This was easy, this was wonderful."

"No Crabbe and Goyle up here to save your neck, Malfoy."

"He caught that thing in his hand after a fifty-foot dive… Didn’t even scratch himself."

"The boy’s a natural. I’ve never seen anything like it."

"You must be the youngest house player in about a century."

"Didn’t you see what it was standing on?"

"It’s obviously guarding something."

"We could all have been killed — or worse, expelled."

"It’s either really valuable or really dangerous."

"If he hadn’t stolen Neville’s Remembrall I wouldn’t be on the team…"

"The Nimbus Two Thousand turned wherever he wanted at his lightest touch."

"Harry could hardly believe it when he realized that he’d already been at Hogwarts two months. The castle felt more like home than Privet Drive ever had."

"It’s Wing-gar-dium Levi-o-sa, make the ‘gar’ nice and long."

"You’re lucky you weren’t killed. Why aren’t you in your dormitory?"

"Please, Professor McGonagall — they were looking for me."

"I thought I could deal with it on my own — you know, because I’ve read all about them."

"You each win Gryffindor five points. Professor Dumbledore will be informed of this."

"But from that moment on, Hermione Granger became their friend."

"Harry, you need your strength," said Seamus Finnigan. "Seekers are always the ones who get clobbered by the other team."

"This is the best team Gryffindor’s had in years. We’re going to win. I know it."

"And the Quaffle is taken immediately by Angelina Johnson of Gryffindor — what an excellent Chaser that girl is, and rather attractive, too —"

"If I didn’ know better, I’d say he’d lost control of his broom… but he can’t have…"

"I knew it," Hermione gasped, "Snape — look."

"He’s doing something — jinxing the broom," said Hermione.

"I’ve got the Snitch!" he shouted, waving it above his head, and the game ended in complete confusion.

"So why did he just try to kill Harry?" cried Hermione.

"Now, don’t ask me anymore," said Hagrid gruffly. "That’s top secret, that is."

"But Snape’s trying to steal it."

The happiest man on earth would be able to use the Mirror of Erised like a normal mirror, that is, he would look into it and see himself exactly as he is.

It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

You could have woken me up.

I want to show you the mirror.

I’ve just got a bad feeling about it — and anyway, you’ve had too many close shaves already.

The mirror will be moved to a new home tomorrow, and I ask you not to go looking for it again.

One can never have enough socks.

People will insist on giving me books.

Does that help?

“You’ve got to stand up to him, Neville!” said Ron.

“You’re worth twelve of Malfoy,” Harry said.

“The Sorting Hat chose you for Gryffindor, didn’t it?”

“If we ever need an early capture of the Snitch it’s now.

“He was the first one I ever-”

“Stay there!” she said, and she sprinted up the stairs.

“It’s not my fault,” said Wood.

“I bet he asked Dumbledore to keep it safe for him, because they’re friends and he knew someone was after it.

“A stone that makes gold and stops you from ever dying!” said Harry.

“Just as long as we’re not wiping you off the field,” said Hermione.

"You realize we need to pass these exams to get into the second year?"

"I thought it was a crumpled, black umbrella."

"He’s too little. He’d die."

"You’re losing it, too," said Ron.

"It’s not just my hand," he whispered, "although that feels like it’s about to fall off."

"It must’ve cost you a fortune."

"How about it, Hagrid?"

"The best thing will be to send him over with some friends of mine who are coming to visit me next week."

"We’ve got the invisibility cloak," said Harry.

"Mommy will never forget you!"

"Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain."

"The forest hides many secrets."

"Always the innocent are the first victims."

"Only one who has nothing to lose, and everything to gain, would commit such a crime."

"It is a monstrous thing, to slay a unicorn."

"You will have but a half-life, a cursed life, from the moment the blood touches your lips."

"I hope this is one of those times."

"Good luck, Harry Potter. The planets have been read wrongly before now, even by centaurs."

"With Dumbledore around, You-Know-Who won’t touch you."

"Just in case."

"D’you think he’ll leave you and your families alone if Gryffindor wins the house cup?"

"I’m going through that trapdoor tonight and nothing you two say is going to stop me!"

"It’s about the Sorcerer’s Stone —"

"You’re right, Harry," said Hermione in a small voice.

"I’ll use the invisibility cloak," said Harry. "It’s just lucky I got it back."

"You can’t!" said Hermione. "After what McGonagall and Snape have said? You’ll be expelled!"

"I’m not as good as you," said Harry, very embarrassed, as she let go of him.

"Everything we need is here on this paper. Seven bottles: three are poison; two are wine; one will get us safely through the black fire, and one will get us back through the purple."

"A lot of the greatest wizards haven’t got an ounce of logic, they’d be stuck in here forever."

"You drink first," said Harry. "You are sure which is which, aren’t you?"

‘To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.’

‘Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.’

‘It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.’

‘Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark.’

‘There is no good and evil, there is only power, and those too weak to seek it.’

‘Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love.’

‘I think he sort of wanted to give me a chance.’

‘The Stone was really not such a wonderful thing. The trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.’

‘What I want more than anything else in the world at the moment, is to find the Stone before Quirrell does.’

‘Sometimes I find it hard to follow my master’s instructions — he is a great wizard and I am weak.’