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

[Diana <dianasdolls@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50752

It's fun reading everyone's favorite lines from the books!  Some of 
the ones already posted are favorites of mine, too.  Here's some 
more of my favorites - I always read these twice while reading the 
books:

"'Aha!' said Harry, 'so there's someone called Nicolas Flamel 
involved is there?'
Hagrid looked furious with himself." [PS/SS]

"Out of the corner of his eye he saw the fluttering banner high 
above, flashing Potter for President over the crowd.  His heart 
skipped.  He felt braver." [Harry's thoughts PS/SS]

"From inside the crate came ripping noises that sounded to Harry as 
though the teddy was having his head torn off." [Harry's thoughts 
PS/SS]

"'P for prefect! Get it on, Percy, come on, we're all wearing ours, 
even Harry got one.'
'I - don't - want -' said Percy thickly, as the twins forced the 
sweater over his head, knocking his glasses askew.
'And you're not sitting with the prefects today, either,' said 
George.  'Christmas is a time for family.'
They frog-marched Percy from the room, his arms pinned to his side 
by his sweater." [PS/SS]

"...'Here comes Gilbert Wimple; he's with the Committee on 
Experimental Charms; he's had those horns for a while now...'" 
[Arther Weasley, GoF]

"'So that's a house-elf?' Ron muttered.  'Weird things, aren't they?'
'Dobby was weirder,' said Harry fervently." [GoF]

"'He fancies her!' said Ron incredulously, 'Well, if they end up 
having children, they'll be setting a world record - bet any baby of 
theirs would weigh about a ton.'" [GoF]

"Harry didn't know how to explain what had just happened.  He just 
stood there, looking at the three champions.  It struck him how very 
tall all of them were." [GoF]

"'Madame Maxine!' said Fleur at once, striding over to her 
headmistress. 'Zey are saying zat zis little boy is to compete also!'
Somewhere under Harry's numb disbelief he felt a ripple of anger.  
*Little boy*?"  [GoF]

"Harry felt a second stab of annoyance.
'It's a sport,' he said shortly. 'Played on broom-'
'All right, all right!' said Uncle Vernon loudly.  Harry saw, with 
some satisfaction, that his uncle looked vaguely panicky.  
Apparently his nerves couldn't stand the sound of the 
word 'broomsticks' in his living room." [GoF]

"And Moody thought, he Harry, ought to be an Auror!  Interesting 
idea...but somehow, Harry thought, as he got quietly into his four-
poster ten minutes later, the egg and the cloak now safely back in 
his trunk, he thought he'd like to check how scarred the rest of 
them were before he chose it as a career." [GoF]

"He couldn't quite believe he was having this conversation with 
Viktor Krum, the famous International Quidditch player.  It was as 
though the eighteen-year-old Krum thought he, Harry, was an equal - 
a real rival -" [GoF]

"A week ago, Harry would have said finding a partner for a dance 
would be a cinch compared to taking on a Hungarian Horntail.  But 
now that he had done the later, and was facing the prospect of 
asking a girl to the ball, he thought he'd rather have another round 
with the dragon." [GoF]

"This year, however, everyone in the fourth year and above seemed to 
be staying, and they all seemed to Harry to be obsessed with the 
coming ball- or at least all the girls were, and it was amazing how 
many girls Hogwarts suddenly seemed to hold;  he had never quite 
noticed that before.  Girls giggling and whispering in the 
corridors, girls shrieking with laughter as boys passed them, girls 
excitedly comparing notes on what they were going to wear on 
Christmas night...
'Why do they have to move in packs?' Harry asked Ron as a dozen or 
so girls walked past them, sniggering and staring at Harry.  'How're 
you supposed to get one on their own to ask them?'
'Lasso one?' Ron suggested." [GoF]

"Giggling should be made illegal, Harry thought furiously, as all 
the girls around Cho started doing it." [GoF]

"'Right,' said Ron, who looked extremely put out, 'this is getting 
stupid.  Ginny, *you* can go with Harry, and I'll just-'
'I can't,' said Ginny, and she went scarlet, too.  'I'm going with - 
with Neville.  He asked me when Hermione said no, and I 
thought...well...I'm not going to be able to go otherwise, I'm not 
in fourth year.'  She looked extremely miserable. 'I think I'll go 
and have dinner.' she said, and she got up and walked off to the 
portrait hole, her head bowed."  [poor Ginny, a 'date' with Harry 
nearly in her grasp and it was dashed] [GoF]

Diana