J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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"Ginny!" said Mr. Weasley, flabbergasted. "Haven't I taught you anything? What have I always told you? Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain?"

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"Harry — I think I've just understood something! I've got to go to the library!”And she sprinted away, up the stairs. does she understand?” said Harry distractedly, still looking around, trying to tell where the voice had come from.“Loads more than I do,” said Ron, shaking his head.“But why’s she got to go to the library?”“Because that’s what Hermione does,” said Ron, shrugging. “When in doubt, go to the library."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"Beds empty! No note! Car gone — could have crashed — out of my mind with worry — did you care? — never, as long as I’ve lived — you wait until your father gets home, we never had trouble like this from Bill or Charlie or Percy —""Perfect Percy,” muttered Fred. —”It seemed to go on for hours. Mrs. Weasley had shouted herself hoarse before she turned on Harry, who backed away.“I’m very pleased to see you, Harry, dear,” she said."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"Do I look stupid?" snarled Uncle Vernon, a bit of fried egg dangling from his bushy mustache."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"So Dobby stopped us from getting on the train and broke your arm. . . ." He shook his head. "You know what, Harry? If he doesn't stop trying to save your life he's going to kill you."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"The poor things keep calling in those – those pumbles, I think they're called – you know, the ones who mend pipes and things – ""Plumbers?"" – exactly, yes, but of course they're flummoxed."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"But Dobby shouted, "You shall not harm Harry Potter! ... He got up, face livid, and pulled out his wand, but Dobby raised a long, threatening finger. "You shall go now," he said fiercely, pointing down at Mr. Malfoy. "You shall not touch Harry Potter. You shall go now."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"It's all right, Ginny. It's over. It's just a memory."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"Ron: Why spiders? Why couldn't it be "follow the butterflies?"

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"Much as he detested Filch, Harry couldn't help feeling a bit sorry for him, though not nearly as sorry as he felt for himself."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"I—I didn't think—""That," said Professor McGonagall, "is obvious."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"Harry — I think I've just understood something! I've got to go to the library!”And she sprinted away, up the s"

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"Scared?" Malfoy muttered, so that Lockhart couldn't hear him."You wish." said Harry out of the corner of his mouth."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"Which only goes to show that the best of us must sometimes eat our words,' Dumbledore went on, smiling."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"I'm not going anywhere!" said Harry fiercely. "One of my best friends is Muggle-born; she'll be first in line if the Chamber really has been opened..."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"The Chamber Of Secrets had been opened.Enemies of the heir, beware."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"That's what yer little sister said,' said Hagrid, nodding at Ron. Met her jus' yesterday.' Hagrid looked sideways at Harry, his beard twitching. 'Said she was jus' lookin' round the grounds, but I reckon she was hopin' she might run inter someone else at my house.' He winked at Harry. 'If yeh ask me, she wouldn' say no ter a signed-''Oh, shut up,' said Harry. Ron snorted with laughter and the ground was sprayed with slugs."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"And I must draft an advertisement for the Daily Prophet, too,' he added thoughtfully. 'We'll be needing a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.... Dear me, we do seem to run through them, don't we?"

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"Famous Harry Potter," said Malfoy. "Can't even go to a bookshop without making the front page."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"Because that's what Hermione does,' said Ron, shrugging. 'When in doubt, go to the library."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"Muggles have garden gnomes, too, you know," Harry told Ron as they crossed the lawn."Yeah, I've seen those things they think are gnomes," said Ron, bent double with his head in a peony bush, "like fat little Santa Clauses with fishing rods..."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"Beds empty! No note! Car gone — could have crashed — out of my mind with worry — did you care? — never, as long as I’ve lived — you wait until your father gets home, we never had trouble like this from Bill or Charlie or Percy —""Perfect Percy,” muttered"

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"It was as though they had been plunged into a fabulous dream. This, thought Harry, was surely the only way to travel — past swirls and turrets of snowy cloud, in a car full of hot, bright sunlight, with a fat pack of toffees in the glove compartment..."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets