Dumbledore Quotes

"Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears."After all this time?""Always,"said Snape."

J.K. Rowling

"We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided."

J.K. Rowling

"You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts...but you cannot deny he's got style..."

J.K. Rowling

"He must have known I'd want to leave you.""No, he must have known you would always want to come back."

J.K. Rowling

"It's going to be all right, sir,"Harry said over and over again, more worried by Dumbledore's silence than he had been by his weakened voice. "We're nearly there ... I can Apparate us both back ... don't worry ...""I am not worried, Harry,"said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. "I am with you."

J.K. Rowling

"Ah, music,"he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here!"

J.K. Rowling

"But Dumbledore says he doesn't care what they do as long as they don't take him off the Chocolate Frog cards."

J.K. Rowling

"Alas! Earwax!"

J.K. Rowling

"Killing is not so easy as the innocent believe."

J.K. Rowling

"I see a light in the kitchen. Let us not deprive Molly any longer of the chance to deplore how thin you are."

J.K. Rowling

"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."

J.K. Rowling

"Oh, there you are, Albus,' he said. 'You've been a very long time. Upset stomach?''No, I was merely reading the Muggle magazines,' said Dumbledore. 'I do love knitting patterns."

J.K. Rowling

"I was supposed to be waiting up here when you got back, only your Phoenix lot got in the way...”“Yes, they do that,” said Dumbledore."

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"Harry, you wonderful boy, you brave, brave man."

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"Snape raised his wand and pointed it directly at Dumbledore."Avada Kedavra!"

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"I am not worried, Harry,"said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. "I am with you."

J.K. Rowling

"Have to? Of course you have to! But only because of you, Harry, won't rest until Voldemort is finished! Think now, for once, if you have never heard of the prophecy! What would you do?"

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"Don't count your owls before they are delivered."

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"But you're dead,' said Harry.'Oh, yes,' said Dumbledore matter-of-factly.'Then... am I dead too?''Ah,' said Dumbledore, smiling still more broadly. 'That is the question, isn't it? On the whole, dear boy, I think not."

J.K. Rowling

"Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Happy happy boom boom swamp swamp swamp! Thank you!"

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

"Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears."After all this time?""Always," said Snape."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

"I DON'T CARE!" Harry yelled at them, snatching up a lunascope and throwing it into the fireplace. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH, I'VE SEEN ENOUGH, I WANT OUT, I WANT IT TO END, I DON'T CARE ANYMORE!""You do care," said Dumbledore. He had not flinched or made a single move to stop Harry demolishing his office. His expression was calm, almost detached. "You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

"I am not worried, Harry," said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. "I am with you."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

"Even if I could, I wouldn't. Scars can come in handy. I have one myself above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Underground."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

"It's going to be all right, sir," Harry said over and over again, more worried by Dumbledore's silence than he had been by his weakened voice. "We're nearly there ... I can Apparate us both back ... don't worry ...""I am not worried, Harry," said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. "I am with you."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

"Snape raised his wand and pointed it directly at Dumbledore."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

"Only one thing mattered: this was not a Horcrux. Dumbledore had weakened himself by drinking that horrible potion for nothing. Harry crumpled the parchment in his hand and his eyes burned with tears as behind him Fang began to howl."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

"Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!"

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

"For in dreams we enter a world that is entirely our own. Let them swim in the deepest ocean or glide over the highest cloud. (Albus Dumbledore)"

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

"Ah! Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans! I was unfortunate enough in my youth to come across a vomit-flavored one, and since then I’m afraid I’ve rather lost my liking for them — but I think I’ll be safe with a nice toffee, don’t you?”He smiled and popped the golden-brown bean into his mouth.“Alas! Ear wax!"

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

"But somebody else had spoken Snape’s name, quite softly.“Severus . . .”The sound frightened Harry beyond anything he had experienced all evening. For the first time, Dumbledore was pleading.Snape gazed for a moment at Dumbledore, and there was revulsion and hatred etched in the harsh lines of his face.“Severus . . . please . . .”Snape raised his wand and pointed it directly at Dumble"

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

"You ask me, of all people, how to protect a boy in terrible danger? We cannot protect the young from harm. Pain must and will come."

Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two

"Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here!"

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

"Everybody finished the song at different times. Dumbledore conducted their last few lines with his wand and when they had finished, he was one of those who clapped loudest. 'Ah music,' he said, wiping his eyes. 'A magic beyond all we do here!"

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

"Sirius was a brave, clever, and energetic man, and such men are not usually content to sit at home in hiding while they believe others to be in danger."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

"Hagrid, look what I’ve got for relatives!” Harry said furiously. “Look at the Dursleys!”“An excellent point,” said Professor Dumbledore. “My own brother, Aberforth, was prosecuted for practicing inappropriate charms on a goat. It was all over the papers, but did Aberforth hide? No, he did not! He held his head high and went about his business as usual! Of course, I’m not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been bravery. . . ."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

"I say to you all, once again -- in the light of Lord Voldemort's return, we are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided. Lord Voldemort's gift for spreading discord and enmity is very great. We can fight it only by showing an equally strong bond of friendship and trust. Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

"Course Dumbledore trusts you,” growled Moody. “He’s a trusting man, isn’t he? Believes in second chances. But me — I say there are spots that don’t come off, Snape. Spots that never come off, d’you know what I mean?"

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

"Bed rest and a large steaming mug of hot chocolate. I always find that cheers me up."

J.K. Rowling

"It was important, Dumbledore said, to fight, and fight again, and keep fighting, for only then could evil be kept at bay, though never quite eradicated. . . ."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

"I see you are —”“Dumbledore’s man through and through,” said Harry. “That’s right."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

"You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself plainly when you have need of him."

J.K. Rowling

"Dumbledore is gone, Harry. He's gone.He will only be gone from the school when none here or loyal to him, said Harry, smiling in spite of himself."

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"Yes, Harry, you can love, said Dumbledore, who looked as though he knew perfectly well what Harry had just refrain from saying. Which, given everything that has happened to you, is a great and remarkable thing."

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"Very astute, Harry, but the mouth organ was only ever a mouth organ." - Albus Dumbledore"

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

"Dumbledore raised his finger for silence, a silence which fell as though he had struck Uncle Vernon dumb."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

"Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself most plainly when you need of him. How else could you produce that particular Patronus? Prongs rode again last night."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

"I shouldn't have survived - it was my destiny to die - even Dumbledore thought so - and yet i lived. I beat Voldemort. All these people - all these people - my parents, Fred, the Fallen Fifty - and it's me that gets to live? how is that? All this damage - and it's my fault."

Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two

"I feel I owe you another explanation Harry," said Dumbledore hesitantly. "You may, perhaps, wondered why I never chose you as a prefect? I must confess...that I rather thought...you had enough responsibility to be going on with."Harry looked up at him and saw a tear trickling down Dumbledore's face into his long silver beard."

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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