What is your all-time favorite line(s) from the books?

[derannimer <susannahlm@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50688

Jade wrote: 

>I did a search for "favorite line from the book" and got no results, 
>so I guess this has not been discussed before. I have read this list 
>everyday, and noticed that some very serious subjects are discussed, 
>and I would like to lighten it up just a bit for short time.

>My favorite line from the books is:

>"I like a healthy breeze around my privates, thanks." - GoF

>I can not get past this scene without laughing.

>What are your favorites?

Oh, *crud!* 

How in the world could anyone ever *pick?*

That said. . . 

"Mr. Weasley was looking around. He loved everything to do with 
Muggles. Harry could see him itching to go and examine the television 
and the video recorder.

'They run off eckeltricity, do they?' he said knowledgeably. 'Ah yes, 
I can see the plugs. I collect plugs,' he added to Uncle Vernon. 'And 
batteries. Got a very large collection of batteries. My wife thinks 
I'm mad, but there you are.' 

Uncle Vernon clearly thought Mr. Weasley was mad too." (GOF, Chap. 4)

Also--these are all GOF-- "Harry wanted very much to ask whether Mr. 
Crouch had stopped calling Percy 'Weatherby' yet, but resisted the 
temptation." (GOF, Chap. 23. By the way, in a rather serious 
footnote: Elkins, do you think that Mr. Crouch's inability to 
recognize other people's identities has anything to do with his 
cronic inability to remember his assistant's *name?*)

And finally, don't ask me why: 

"Snape had his wand out and was blasting rosebushes apart, his 
expression most ill-natured." (GOF, also Chap. 23.) 

That line gets me every time. I think it's just that "his expression 
most ill-natured." I just. . . *love* this line. 


Derannimer (who *adored* that crazy Crouch post, and actually printed 
the whole thing up. It ran to over 135 pages, in case you were 
wondering.)