Authors:

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

J. K. Rowling Quotes about School

All J. K. Rowling Quotes Adventure Age Ambition Art Austen Blame Bravery Bullying Change Character Cheating Childhood Children Chocolate Choices Courage Dad Dancing Darkness Dating Death Depression Desire Doubt Dying Earth Elders Evil Exercise Expectations Failing Failure Fame Family Fate Fear Feelings Fighting Flying Friendship Fun Funny Giving Glory Gold Goodbye Greatness Grief Harry Potter Hate Healing Heart Holiday Home Homework Horror House Hunting Hurt Husband Imagination Injury Innovation Inspiration Inspirational Inspiring Killing Kissing Leaving Letting Go Liars Life Listening Literature Losing Love Loyalty Luck Lying Magic Meetings Memories Moon Morning Motivational Mountain Office Opportunity Pain Past Perspective Poverty Purpose Rage Reading Reality Reflection Responsibility Running Sacrifice School quotes Seven Shame Silence Silver Singing Sirius Sleep Snape Son Soul Struggle Success Suffering Summer Talent Tea Team Time Today Tolerance Travel Twins Understanding Waiting Wall Water Weakness Wife Winning Worry Writing Youth

Harry's status as orphan gives him a freedom other children can only dream about (guiltily, of course). No child wants to lose their parents, yet the idea of being removed from the expectations of parents is alluring.

Harry's status as orphan gives him a freedom other children can only dream about (guiltily, of course). No child wants to lose their parents, yet the idea of being removed from the expectations of parents is alluring. The orphan in literature is freed from the obligation to satisfy his/her parents, and from the inevitable realization that his/her parents are flawed human beings. There is something liberating, too, about being transported into the kind of surrogate family which boarding school represents, where the relationships are less intense and the boundaries perhaps more clearly defined.

Dream, Children, School

What happened down in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret, so, naturally the whole school knows.

School, Secret, Funny Harry Potter

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". Book by J. K. Rowling, June 26, 1997.

However,' said Dumbledore, speaking very slowly and clearly so that none of them could miss a word, 'you will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me. You will also find that help will be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.

School, Missing, Loyal

Hogwarts is threatened!” shouted Professor McGonagall. “Man the boundaries, protect us, do your duty to our school!

School, Men, Hogwarts

Facing this stuff, in real life is not like school, in school, if you make a mistake you can just try again tomorrow, but out there...when your a second away from being murdered or watching a friend die right before your eyes...you don't know what that's like.

Real, Mistake, School

"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". www.imdb.com. 2007.

Krystal’s slow passage up the school had resembled the passage of a goat through the body of a boa constrictor, being highly visible and uncomfortable for both parties concerned.

Witty, Party, School

J.K. Rowling (2012). “The Casual Vacancy”, p.45, Hachette UK

There was a horrible smell in the kitchen the next morning when Harry went in for breakfast. It seemed to be coming from a large metal tub in the sink. He went to have a look. The tub was full of what looked like dirty rags swimming in gray water. "What's this?" he asked Aunt Petunia. "Your new school uniform," she said. Harry looked in the bowl again. "Oh," he said, "I didn't realize it had to be so wet.

Morning, Dirty, School

I seem to remember telling you both that I would have to expel you if you broke any more school rules,” said Dumbledore. Ron opened his mouth in horror. “Which goes to show that the best of us must sometimes eat our words,” Dumbledore went on, smiling.

School, Our Words, Mouths

J. K. Rowling (1999). “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, Raincoast Books

Harry constantly repeated Dumbledore's final words to himself. "I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me. ... Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it. "But what good were these words? Who exactly were they supposed to ask for help, when everyone was just as confused and scared as they were?

Confused, School, Hogwarts

I kept arguing that 'love is the most important force, love is the most important force.' So I wanted to show him loving. Sometimes it's dramatic: it means you lay down your life. But sometimes it means making sure someone's trunk is packed and hoping they'll be O.K. at school.

School, Mean, Love Is

I've wanted to be an author as long as I can remember. English was always my favorite subject at school, so why I went on to do a degree in French is anyone's guess.

School, Long, Degrees

You will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me.

School, Loyal, Hogwarts

J. K. Rowling (1999). “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, Raincoast Books

Now, it is the view of the Ministry that a theoretical knowledge will be more than sufficient to get you through your examination, which, after all, is what school is all about.

School, Views, Ministry

If she could have done one thing to make absolutely sure that every single person in this school will read your interview, it was banning it!

School, Done, Interviews

Such loyalty is admirable, of course,” said Scrimgeour, who seemed to be restraining his irritation with difficulty, “but Dumbledore is gone, Harry. He’s gone.” “He will only be gone from the school when none here are loyal to him,” said Harry, smiling in spite of himself.

Loyalty, School, Irritation

Well, better expelled and able to defend yourselves than sitting safely in school without a clue," said Sirius.

School, Sitting, Able

Well, hello, Peter,” said Lupin pleasantly, as though rats frequently erupted into old school friends around him. “Long time, no see.

School, Long, Rats

I’m not a freak. That’s a horrible thing to say." "That’s where you’re going. A special school for freaks. You and that Snape boy ... weirdos, that’s what you two are..." "You didn’t think it was such a freak’s school when you wrote the headmaster and begged him to take you.

School, Boys, Thinking

Do you mean ter tell me," he growled at the Dursleys, "that this boy—this boy!—knows nothin' abou'—about ANYTHING?" Harry thought this was going a bit far. He had been to school, after all, and his marks weren't bad. I know some things," he said. "I can, you know, do math and stuff.

School, Mean, Math

Sport is a very important subject at school, that's why I gave Quidditch such an important place at Hogwarts. I was very bad in sports, so I gave Harry a talent I would really loved to have. Who wouldn't want to fly?

Sports, School, Important

You May Also Like: