"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" Quotes

The first in the series of Harry Potter books, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is acclaimed as one of the best-written books in the series. Young Harry Potter discovers his special talents and thus begins a journey from a mundane life in London to a fast-paced action packed adventure in the world of wizards and witches. So fasten your seat belts and get on to the roller coaster ride with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

• Hagrid
  You're the boy who lived.
  
  
• Dumbledore
  Dear Mr. Potter, we are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Soon, you and your schoolmates will join us here, and your education in the magical arts will begin.
  
  
• Dumbledore
  What happened down in the dungeon between you and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret. So, naturally, the whole school knows.
  
  
• Dumbledore
  Only a person who wanted to find the Stone -- find it, but not use it -- would be able to get it. That is one of my more brilliant ideas. And between you and me, that is saying something.
  
  
• Lord Voldemort
  There is no good and evil, there is only power, and those too weak to seek it...
  
  
• Dumbledore
  My dear Professor, I've never seen a cat sit so stiffly.
  
  
• Draco Malfoy
  You'll soon find out that some wizarding families are better than others, Potter. You don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort.
  
  
• Professor McGonagall
  This boy will be famous. There won't be a child in our world who doesn't know his name.
  
  
• Boa Constrictor
  Brazil, here I come... Thanksss, amigo.
  
  
• Dumbledore
  It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live...
  
  
• Hagrid
  Meant ter turn him into a pig, but I suppose he was so much like a pig anyway there wasn't much left ter do.
  
  
• Harry
  I swear I don't know. One second the glass was there and the next it was gone. It was like magic.
  
  
• Draco Malfoy
  So it's true then, what they were saying on the train. Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts.
  
  
• Professor McGonagall
  Well, thank you for that assessment, Mr Weasley. Perhaps it would be more useful if I were to transfigure Mr Potter and yourself into a pocket watch. That way, one of you might be on time.
  
  
• Mr. Ollivander
  It's curious that you should be destined for this wand when its brother gave you that scar.
  
  
• Dumbledore
  It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends.
  
  
• Hagrid
  Never try an' get a staight answer out of a centaur. Ruddy stargazers. Not interested in anythin' closer'n the moon.