Favorite Series Lines (Was: Re: OOP:Favorite Lines...)

[Berit Jakobsen]

No: HPFGUIDX 88757

"meriaugust" wrote:

I thought that the favorite lines from Order was a great thread (a 
lot of people seem to share my appreciation of Prof. McGonagall's 
insult skills), so I thought I'd ask if anyone had favorite 
lines/scenes from the whole series. 

Berit replies:

My contribution; a few of my favourites from GoF (UK Ed):

"Professor McGonagall stared deliberatedly  around the class. 'The 
Yule Ball is of course a chance for us all to - er - let our hair 
down,' she said, in a disapproving voice.
Lavender giggled harder than ever... Harry could see what was funny 
this time: Professor McGonagall, with her hair in a tight bun,  
looked as though she had never let her hair down in any sense." 
(p.337)

McGonagall rocks :-)

And a rare occasion where Harry actually is complementing 
Snape/recognizing Snape's brilliance (though he of course doesn't 
mean to):

"Snape's black eyes were darting from the egg in Filch's arms to the 
map in Moody's hand, and Harry could tell he was putting two and two 
together like only Snape could..." (p. 411)

Snape rules :-)

One more on Snape:
"'I just want to know what Snape did with his first chance, if he's 
on his second one,' said Harry grimly." (p. 418)

Don't we all!

And lastly, a truly beautiful passage easily forgotten since it 
precedes the more easily remembered, action-filled graveyard scene:

"[said Harry:] 'Just take the cup!'
'No,' said Cedric.
... Cedric was serious. He was walking away from the sort of glory 
Hufflepuff house hadn't had in centuries [!].
'Go on,' Cedric said. He looked as though this was costing him every 
ounce of resolution he had, but his face was set, his arms were 
folded, he seemed decided.
Harry looked from Cedric to the Cup. For one shining moment, he saw 
himself emerging from the maze, holding it ... and then the picture 
faded, and he found himself staring at Cedric's shadowy, stubborn 
face.
'Both of us,' Harry said.
'What?'
'We'll take it at the same time. It's still a Hogwarts victory. We'll 
tie for it. ...
'You - you sure?'
'Yeah,' said Harry. 'Yeah ... we've helped each other out, haven't 
we? We both got here. Let's just take it together.'" (p.550-551)

Marvelous. Cedric and Harry practising the type of chivalry and house 
unity we'll hopefully see at the end of book 7...

Berit
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