Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Quotes from the Book
Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?
Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears. "After all this time?" "Always," said Snape.
We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.
He can run faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo.
Why are they all staring?" demanded Albus as he and Rose craned around to look at the other students. "Don’t let it worry you," said Ron. "It’s me. I’m extremely famous.
He must have known I'd want to leave you." "No, he must have known you would always want to come back.
Cinderella? Snow White? What's that? An illness?
Albus Severus," Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who was now on the train, "you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.
How do you feel, Georgie?" whispered Mrs. Weasley. George's fingers groped for the side of his head. "Saintlike," he murmured. "What's wrong with him?" croaked Fred, looking terrified. "Is his mind affected?" "Saintlike," repeated George, opening his eyes and looking up at his brother. "You see...I'm HOLEY, Fred, geddit?
Holey? You have the the whole world of ear-related humor before you, you go for holey?
There was a clatter as the basilisk fangs cascaded out of Hermione's arms. Running at Ron, she flung them around his neck and kissed him full on the mouth. Ron threw away the fangs and broomstick he was holding and responded with such enthusiasm that he lifted Hermione off her feet. "Is this the moment?" Harry asked weakly, and when nothing happened except that Ron and Hermione gripped each other still more firmly and swayed on the spot, he raised his voice. "OI! There's a war going on here!" Ron and Hermione broke apart, their arms still around each other. "I know, mate," said Ron, who looked as though he had recently been hit on the back of the head with a Bludger, "so it's now or never, isn't it?" "Never mind that, what about the Horcrux?" Harry shouted. "D'you think you could just --- just hold it in, until we've got the diadem?" "Yeah --- right --- sorry ---" said Ron, and he and Hermione set about gathering up fangs, both pink in the face.
It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.
The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well.
Seventeen, eh!" said Hagrid as he accepted a bucket-sized glass of wine from Fred. "Six years to the day we met, Harry, d’yeh remember it?" "Vaguely," said Harry, grinning up at him. "Didn’t you smash down the front door, give Dudley a pig’s tail, and tell me I was a wizard?" "I forge’ the details," Hagrid chortled.
I'm going to keep going until I succeed — or die. Don't think I don't know how this might end. I've known it for years.
For instance, this new idea that You-Know-Who can kill with a single glance from his eyes. That’s a basilisk, listeners. One simple test: Check whether the thing that’s glaring at you has got legs. If it has, it’s safe to look into its eyes, although if it really is You-Know-Who, that’s still likely to be the last thing you ever do.
Every second he breathed, the smell of the grass, the cool air on his face, was so precious: To think that people had years and years, time to waste, so much time it dragged, and he was clinging to each second.
We did it, we bashed them wee Potter's the one, and Voldy's gone moldy, so now let's have fun!
Look...at...me..." he whispered. The green eyes found the black, but after a second, something in the depths of the dark pair seemed to vanish, leaving them fixed, blank, and empty. The hand holding Harry thudded to the floor, and Snape moved no more.
Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.
Snape's patronus was a doe,' said Harry, 'the same as my mother's because he loved her for nearly all of his life, from when they were children.
The last words Albus Dumbledore spoke to the pair of us?' Harry is the best hope we have. Trust him.
Did you know?
- It was released on 21 July 2007 and is the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series.
- It holds the Guinness World Record as the fastest-selling fiction book, with 8.3 million copies sold in the United States on its first day.
- Rowling completed the manuscript in January 2007 while staying at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh.
- It was adapted into two films, released in 2010 and 2011.
- The American Library Association named it a Best Book for Young Adults.
About J.K. Rowling
More by J.K. Rowling
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About the book
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final novel in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Departing from the school-year structure of the earlier books, it follows Harry, Ron, and Hermione as they abandon Hogwarts to hunt down the remaining Horcruxes, the hidden fragments of Lord Voldemort's soul that must be destroyed before he can be defeated. Their journey becomes a fugitive quest through a wizarding world now under Voldemort's control.
Alongside the Horcrux hunt, the novel introduces the legend of the Deathly Hallows, three powerful magical objects that give the book its title. Its central themes are mortality, sacrifice, loyalty, and the choice between seeking power and accepting death, culminating in a return to Hogwarts for a final confrontation. The story resolves the long-running arcs of the series and the fates of its major characters.
Released on 21 July 2007, the book was one of the most anticipated publishing events of its era and set the Guinness World Record as the fastest-selling fiction book, with millions of copies sold within a single day. It brought Rowling's global phenomenon to a close and was later adapted into two feature films, cementing the series' place in popular culture.
Key characters
- Harry PotterThe protagonist, seeking to destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes
- Hermione GrangerHarry's brilliant friend who aids the quest
- Ron WeasleyHarry's loyal best friend
- Lord VoldemortThe dark wizard and central antagonist
- Albus DumbledoreThe late Hogwarts headmaster whose past shapes the story
- Severus SnapeThe ambiguous Potions master and Hogwarts headmaster
- Neville LongbottomA schoolmate who leads resistance at Hogwarts
Book details
- First published
- 2007
- Length
- 607 pages
- Reading time
- 12 hours
- Author
- J.K. Rowling
- Genre
- Fiction
- Goodreads rating
- 4.62 (4.2M ratings) →
- First line
- “The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow, moonlit lane.”
Series & reading order
- 1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- 2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- 3 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- 4 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- 5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- 6 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- 7 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Movie & TV adaptations
- IMDb
- IMDb
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