Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Book · 6 characters · 367 quotes · 2005

Quotes from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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"The past lives in us all."
Albus Dumbledore Time
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"To know him is to understand why he must be stopped."
Albus Dumbledore Knowledge
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"Half measures are worthless in matters of life and death."
Albus Dumbledore Perseverance
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"Regret is a powerful emotion."
Albus Dumbledore
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"The human psyche is a curious instrument."
Albus Dumbledore
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"Fame is a fickle friend."
Albus Dumbledore
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"We must always choose between what is right and what is easy."
Albus Dumbledore
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"Arrogance and stupidity are not the same thing, though they often look identical."
Albus Dumbledore Wisdom
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"There are some things more important than living."
Albus Dumbledore
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"I love being back at Hogwarts. It's the only place that's ever felt like home."
Harry Potter
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"The castle is fully protected against those who have no business being within its walls."
Albus Dumbledore
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"We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided."
Albus Dumbledore Strength
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"To one as young as you, I'm sure it feels like an eternity."
Albus Dumbledore Time
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"Tom Riddle was not, and is not, a man to feel affection for anyone."
Albus Dumbledore
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"Horcruxes are among the foulest objects that walk this earth."
Albus Dumbledore
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"Severance, not mere death, is what we seek."
Albus Dumbledore Death
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"Wandless magic is a rare and difficult skill."
Albus Dumbledore Knowledge
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"It is natural to want power, I understand that."
Albus Dumbledore Power
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"Books and quills, that's all anyone cares about at Hogwarts."
Ron Weasley Humor
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"Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies."
Albus Dumbledore Truth
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"The Dark Lord has gone, though not... not as we might have hoped."
Albus Dumbledore Hope
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"If the adult wizards of tomorrow lose faith in institutions such as Hogwarts, we might as well board up the castle now."
Albus Dumbledore Leadership
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"One cannot be a true believer in democracy and also believe that half your countrymen are inherently subhuman."
Albus Dumbledore Justice
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"I have already told you. It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Albus Dumbledore Wisdom
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"Voldemort himself created his worst enemy, just as tyrants always do."
Albus Dumbledore Power
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"Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy."
Albus Dumbledore Courage
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"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Albus Dumbledore
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"But you are, I think, both brave and clever enough to overcome anything."
Albus Dumbledore
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"We could end this, you know."
Harry Potter
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"You are not as helpless as you feel, Harry."
Albus Dumbledore Strength