“I won't blast people out of my way just because they're there' said Harry. 'That's Voldemort's job.”
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People Quotes — page 967 of 5018
“No, I'm fine,' said Harry, wondering why he kept telling people this, and wondering whether he had ever been less fine.”
“Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and allow themselves to be provoked this easily - weak people, in other words.”
“We all know that the people we love are mortal, we all know we’re mortal, we know it’s going to end; you cannot prepare yourself for it.”
“It seemed impossible that there could be people in the world who still desired food, who laughed, who neither knew nor cared that Sirius Black was gone forever.”
“Being fed, and having a soft bed, and other people being in charge, seemed the most wonderful prospect in the world at that moment.”
“If only the hat had mentioned a house for people who felt a bit queasy, that would have been the one for him.”
“Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.”
“Ah, well, people can be stupid abou' their pets," said Hagrid wisely.”
“Young people are so infernally convinced that they are absolutely right about everything.”
“Voldemort uses people his enemies are close to. He's already used you as bait once, and that was just because you're my best friend's sister. Think how much danger you'll be in if we keep this up. He'll know, he'll find out. He'll try and get to me through you.”
“Yes, well, principles are sometimes the problem, if you ask me,' said Miles. 'Often what's needed is a bit of common sense.' 'Which is the name people usually give to their prejudices,' rejoined Kay.”
“Gavin saw a grave purely as a marker for the place where a corpse was decomposing; a nasty thought, yet people took it into their heads to visit and bring flowers, as though it might yet recover.”
“He was slumped in the back, gazing out of the window, as though his parents were two people who had picked him up hitchhiking, connected to him merely by chance and proximity.”
“Well, [bad] times like that bring out the best in some people and the worst in others.”
“Differences among deaf people are okay, but we need to recognize those differences and work together.”
“People are moving faster - you can see that in the streets. Partly that's because of the electronic devices, which encourage this.”
“The whole environment out there is a living, breathing almost conscious being that is saying something to us human beings. The forests can't act but they can inspire us and they inspire people like myself and money others in the conservation movement to act on their behalf.”
“But-! I say! The common conventions of humanity-' 'Are all very well for common people.”
“Now the most comprehensive conception of this new world is of one politically, socially and economically united To this end a small but increasing body of people in the world set their faces and seek to direct their lives.”