"Best of Potter" - What is your favorite line from HP books?

[janetb]

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  Brenda starts fun new post:

  >So what is/are your favorite lines from the HP series? I think it'll
  be fun to make a list of them.<

  <Brenda's> favorite
  "Amazing! It's just like magic!!" - Gilderoy Lockhart, CoS.

  <Sherry G> favorite
  ""Well, hello, peter," said Lupin pleasantly, as though rats 
  frequently erupted into old school friends around him,"

  <Jacqui> favorite
  "Scars can come in handy. I have one myself above my left knee that
  is a perfect map of the London Underground."

  <Fridwulfa> favorite
  "It's lucky it's dark. I haven't blushed so much since Madam Pomfrey 
  told me she liked my new earmuffs."

  < Alora ;)> favorite
  "I solemnly swear I am up to no good." PoA

  <Snows> favorite
  "I s'pose Lord Voldemort's just a warm-up act compared to you three" 
  Harry Potter,OOP


I can't believe none of the Snape lovers have mentioned this one yet: "There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class." Of course, the rest of the speech (book and film versions) is just so deliciously great too. 

Jahibe (who's used to writing without capital letters and man, this complying with the rules is really weird. ;-))