You knew it was coming, but it still hurt.
Anyone familiar with the hero cycle knows that the protagonist will usually lose his mentor figure. As this was the penultimate book, I think many of us knew going into it that Dumbledore would die before the end.


As this book is mainly about Harry spending time with Dumbledore, it was bittersweet. Like an ailing relative who knows they don't have much time left, trying to make the most of their remaining days. I would like to think that Albus saw Harry as a sort of adopted grandson.


Albus knew his time was coming and set his affairs in order. He even made plans to die on his own terms, with all of the courage one must have when gallantly facing their mortality.


Even though he was a fictional character, his death was still a blow. I remember reading fan theories about him coming back to life because his patronus was a phoenix, and I wanted to believe them even though I knew he had to stay dead for Harry to really become the hero he needed to be.

FUCK ME MY CHEST HURTS AND MY SOUL IS CRUSHED, WHY DO I KEEP REREADING THESE BOOKS? IT'S ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL THIS BOOK, AND THEN IT'S A QUICK DESCENT INTO HEARTACHE AND MIND NUMBING PAIN.





RIP

Buddyread with the cutest Trixi.



*sniffs* I have actually finished this several days ago but I spent those days mourning for the loss of one of my favorite characters of all time and before I start bawling my heart and eyes out again, let me straight away proceed to the random thoughts while and after reading the book. *sniffs*

1. *Gasps* Professor Snape???
2. Harry’s Quidditch Captain! Yaaas!
3. Weasleys’ Wizzard Wheezes (Say this ten times)
4. Malfoy’s head on Pansy Parkinson’s lap and Pansy stroking his head. *shudders*
5. Slughorn’s belly preceded him out of the door. Bahaha
6. Potions class has never been this cheerful. Thanks Grampy Sloghorn and Harry has never performed better. Thanks to cheating. Lol.
7. Ron, you bollocks! Stop being an idiot, WonWon!
8. Voldemort as a student seems to me even more sinister than the Dark Lord he already is. *shivers*
9. Like Harry, I am Dumbledore’s man through and through. Take that, Rufus!
10. I’d go back to school anytime if it meant having Professor Dumbledore as a teacher.
11. Aherm! Why do you keep looking for Ginny, now Harry?
12. There’s a reason a Dark Arts teacher stays only for a year. It’s all clear now.
13. Who would have thought that the once timid Ginny will blossom into a confident, beautiful, charming, funny and best of all, snarky girl?
14. Chapter 24 will particularly make you swoon! Gaaah!  I ship Harry and Ginny! <3
15. RIP, Aragog.
16. For the first time, I solved the mystery!  I have guessed early on in the story that the Half Blood Prince was Snape! Yaaas!
17. I knew there was a reason Harry spent so much time with Professor Dumbledore. I can’t…*sobs*



Some of the things/characters missing in the movie:

1. Kreacher and Dobby
2. Bill and Fleur
3. Dumbledore’s Army and the Order of the Phoenix putting up a fight against the Dark Eaters.
4. . Harry breaking up with Ginny which reminds me of Peter Parker and Mj.

Finally, as a simple tribute to the wisest, kindest, most revered and one of the most powerful wizards (whose death out of the many deaths hurts me the most that I cried so much, I may have cried harder than Hagrid), the following is a collection of a few of his great thoughts and words that’ll be forever etched in our hearts. *sniffs*


“In fact, being-forgive me- rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.”

“People find it a lot easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.”

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”

“Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it."

“The pain is part of being human. The fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength.”

“To the well organized mind, death is but the next adventure.”

“It’s not really goodbye after all.”

On a lighter note, it's beautiful Katerina's birthday today, let's spare a few moments to greet her a HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY! Even though you're quite busy for Goodreads and reading atm, I hope you're doing something that's making you happy today! Enjoy! <3

2023: Jak co reread, to mój ulubieniec.

2021: Wiedziałam czego się spodziewać, a zakończenie i tak złamało mi serce.

I'm not sure why, but this one took me completely by surprise. I was expecting this installment to be mainly filler to get us to the Deathly Hallows, but so much happened here that I must have forgotten from the movie. The Half-Blood prince was considerably darker than the previous 5 books, and I just adore how this series has progressed and grown just like most of its readers have. Obviously I knew what the big reveal was prior to finishing the book due to my viewing the films before, but it didn't take away from the experience the novel had to offer. I have this nervous lump in my throat knowing that the next book is the final one, but am simultaneously excited to finally read what the films surely have left out surrounding the conclusion of the series.

***Please note that this review may contain spoilers for the overall series, not just this book.***

I listened to the bulk of this book while I did some spring cleaning. It kept me company while I sorted through piles of books, moved furniture around, wiped down walls and shelves and vacuumed behind the heavy items that I only move twice a year. It took most of the day and by evening I was putting things back in their places, arms and back sore, crying quietly to myself as Dumbledore drank that potion. I'm sure it would have looked rather ridiculous if anyone had seen me!

Once again I was blown away by Stephen Fry's reading. I've reached a point now where I feel like his voice is more familiar to me than those of people I actually know. I'm quite sad that there is only one left, but I also can't wait to start it. There was a particular sense of sadness to this one, knowing that it is the last year where they are students at Hogwarts, though the trio themselves don't know it yet. I drank in every detail of day-to-day student life --- lessons, Quidditch, Peeves, the Fat Lady.
The first time I read the book I was completely floored by Harry's decision to not come back. There is something so heartbreaking about him having to leave behind the place he considers home a year early. The thought of Harry Potter without Hogwarts was incomprehensible. I had so been looking forward to their final year, and suddenly things had veered off completely. I still think it was brilliant of J.K. Rowling to do that.

The Felix Felicis chapter remains one of my favourites. I thought they did a great job with this in the film too, with Daniel Radcliffe demonstrating a talent for comedy that I hadn't anticipated, but as ever, in the book there is just so much more time to expand on things. Although I have always remembered that so much was cut away for the films, it's sometimes surprising to be reminded of just how much was left out. Ginny in the movies is... fine, and I think the actress did a good job with a small amount of screen time. But book Ginny is dynamic, smart, funny, talented -- a much better match for Harry, and I think their relationship works better in the books, makes more sense.
Also, while Ron still treats Hermione pretty poorly here, there is more nuance to it. In the films it's like a lot of his redeeming qualities have been stripped away, and he is dumbed down a lot too. He's smarter and more complex in the books and I do wish more of that had been kept on screen.

It's really Dumbledore though who feels so much more real in the books. I don't really know how to explain it, but there is just something about book Dumbledore that eclipses movie Dumbledore. I do think however, that his death scene in the film was beautifully shot and I pictured it similarly in my head as it happened in the book.
Sirius's death in the last book and Dumbledore's in this one really hit hard. I find myself genuinely missing them, as if they are actual people I have lost. Dumbledore's death is almost unbearable, and that realisation that I actually had faith in Snape, only for him let me down, is still jarring, even though I now know what is revealed in the final book. Actually, knowing the truth about Snape makes everything he has to do in this book even harder to read. It's all so brutal.

Also every sliver of information about Tom/Voldemort that we are given is almost uncomfortably fascinating. Why are villains so interesting?!

I'm counting down the days until my next Audible credit so I can start Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It's going to be strange to not have another one to look forward to and go on with. I felt like that the first time I read the last book. However, the nice thing is I love rereading, and I'm able to do that as many times as I want, whether it's a physical copy or audio.

Updated 2023:
Seventh time listening to the Audible version!

Uno de los mejores libros de la saga. Un libro que puede pasar como "preparación" para el último, pero que en realidad tiene fuerza por sí mismo. Fantástico y más oscuro que sus predecesores, como me gusta.

Y ahora, Harry, adentrémonos en la oscuridad y vayamos en busca de la aventura, esa caprichosa seductora.

- Albus Dumbledore

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter #6), J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the sixth and penultimate novel in the Harry Potter series.

Set during protagonist Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts, the novel explores the past of Harry's nemesis, Lord Voldemort, and Harry's preparations for the final battle against Voldemort alongside his headmaster and mentor Albus Dumbledore.

The book was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury, and in the United States by Scholastic on 16 July 2005, as well as in several other countries.

Lord Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the wizarding and Muggle worlds, with his Death Eaters kidnapping wand-maker Garrick Ollivander from Diagon Alley and destroying the Millennium Bridge.

The Malfoy family is disgraced when Lucius is apprehended and sent to Azkaban for his involvement with the Death Eaters.

Voldemort instead chooses Draco to carry out a secret mission at Hogwarts. Draco's mother Narcissa and aunt Bellatrix Lestrange seek help from Severus Snape, who claims to have been acting as a mole within the Order of the Phoenix all along.

Snape makes an Unbreakable Vow with Narcissa to protect Draco and fulfill the assignment if he fails.

Harry Potter, now 16 years old, accompanies Albus Dumbledore from Surbiton to the village of Budleigh Babberton to visit former Potions professor Horace Slughorn. Slughorn, who has been in hiding, agrees to return to teach at Hogwarts.

Dumbledore then takes Harry to The Burrow, where Harry reunites with his best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.

The three visit Fred and George Weasley's new joke shop at Diagon Alley and see Draco entering Knockturn Alley with a group of Death Eaters including Fenrir Greyback.

Harry believes Voldemort has made Draco a Death Eater, but Ron and Hermione are sceptical. On the Hogwarts Express, Harry hides in the Slytherin carriage using his Invisibility Cloak, but is spotted and petrified by Malfoy.

عنوانهای چاپ شده در ایران: «هری پاتر و پرنس نیمه اصیل»؛ «هری پاتر و شاهزاده دورگه»؛ «هری پاتر و پرنس دو رگه»؛ «هری پاتر و شاهزاده نیمه اصیل»؛ نویسنده: جی.کی رولینگ؛ تاریخ نخستین خوانش: ماه نوامبر سال 2005میلادی

عنوان: هری پاتر و پرنس نیمه اصیل - کتاب شش در دو جلد؛ نویسنده: جی.کی رولینگ؛ مترجم: سمیه گنجی؛ ساری، زهره، 1384؛ در دوجلد، در660ص؛ شابک 9645704766؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان بریتانیا - سده 21م

عنوان: هری پاتر و شاهزاده ی دورگه - کتاب شش در دو جلد ؛ نویسنده: جی.کی رولینگ؛ مترجم: ویدا اسلامیه؛ تهران، تندیس، 1384؛ در دو جلد؛ شابک 9648944024؛ چاپ دوم تا هشتم 1384؛ چاپ یازدهم 1392؛ شابک 9789648944013؛

عنوان: هری پاتر و پرنس دورگه - کتاب شش؛ نویسنده: جی.کی رولینگ؛ مترجم: غلامحسین اعرابی؛ تهران، پلیکان، 1384؛ در 912ص؛ شابک9648690065؛

عنوان: هری‌ پاتر و شاهزاده‌ ی دو‌رگه؛ نویسنده: جی.کی رولینگ؛ مترجم: محمدحسن واحد؛ قم گنج عرفان‏‫، 1384؛ در دو جلد؛ شابک9647985498؛

عنوان: هری‌ پاتر و شاهزاده‌ ی دو‌رگه؛ نویسنده: جی.کی رولینگ؛ مترجم: مریم شعبانی (نصیری آذر)؛ تهران، طحان، 1384؛ در دو جلد؛ چاپ دیگر تهران علمی شایان‏‫، 1391؛ در دو جلد؛ شابک 9786009304219؛

عنوان: هری‌ پاتر و شاهزاده‌ ی نیمه اصیل؛ نویسنده: جی.کی رولینگ؛ مترجم: سعید ابراهیمی؛ تهران، نگاه امروز‏‫، 1384؛ در دو جلد؛ شابک دوره9647470002؛

عنوان: هری‌ پاتر و شاهزاده‌ نیمه اصیل؛ نویسنده: جی.کی رولینگ؛ مترجم: محمد نوراللهی؛ تهران، بهنام‏‫، 1384؛ در دو جلد؛ شابک دوره9645668360؛

عنوان: هری‌ پاتر و شاهزاده‌ دورگه؛ نویسنده: جی.کی رولینگ؛ مترجم: نامور عابدینی؛ تهران، نامور عابدینی‏‫، 1384؛ در سه جلد؛ شابک دوره9640670464؛

عنوان: هری‌ پاتر و شاهزاده‌ دورگه؛ نویسنده: جی.کی رولینگ؛ مترجم: الهام آرام نیا؛ شمس الدین حسینی؛ تهران، پیکان‏‫، 1384؛ در دو جلد؛ شابک دوره9643284913؛

عنوان: هری‌ پاتر و شاهزاده‌ دورگه؛ نویسنده: جی.کی رولینگ؛ مترجم: شهناز مجیدی؛ تهران، روشا‏‫، 1384؛ در دو جلد؛

فهرست: آن وزیر دیگر؛ بن‌بست اسپینر؛ وصیت‌نامه و جن خانه؛ هوریس اسلاگهورن؛ خلط اضافی؛ مسیر بیراهه‌ی دراکو؛ انجمن اسلاگ؛ اسنیپ پیروز؛ شاهزاده‌ی دورگه؛ خانه‌ی گونت؛ همکاری هرمیون؛ نقره و عقیق سلیمانی؛ ریدل، معمای مرموز؛ فلیکس فلیسیس؛ و پیمان ناگسستنی؛

ششمين سال تحصيلی هری در مدرسه‌ ی علوم و فنون جادوگری هاگوارتز آغاز میشود؛ «آلبوس دامبلدور»، مدیر مدرسه، برای «هری» کلاس‌های خصوصی ترتیب میدهد، و در کلاس‌ها، او را با گذشته‌ ی «لرد ولدمورت»، و اندیشه ها و آرزوهای او آشنا میکند؛ و راز جاودانگی او را برملا میسازد

نقل از متن جلد نخست: (هری پاتر با صدای بلندی خروپف می‌کرد؛ بیش‌تر چهار ساعت گذشته را در کنار پنجره‌ ی اتاق‌ خوابش، بر روی صندلی نشسته و به منظره‌ ی خیابان زل زده بود، که دم‌ به‌ دم تاریک‌تر می‌شد و سرانجام، در حالی که یک‌طرف صورتش به پنجره تکیه داشت، با دهان باز و عینک، یک وری، به خواب رفته بود؛ بخشی از شیشه‌ ی پنجره که در اثر نفس‌های او بخار گرفته بود، در برابر نور نارنجی رنگ چراغ خیابان می‌درخشید و در پرتو این نور غیرطبیعی، هیچ رنگ دیگری بر چهره‌ اش سایه نمی‌انداخت، چنان که صورتش در زیر سیاهی متضاد موهای نامرتبش، رنگ پریده و ترسناک به نظر می‌رسید؛ اتاق، پر از وسایل درهم ریخته‌ ی گوناگون و خرده آشغال‌های پراکنده بود؛ پرهای جغد، دانه‌های سیب و کاغذهای مچاله‌ ی شکلات در گوشه و کنار اتاق ريخته بود؛ چندین کتاب جادوگری لابه‌لای رداهای درهم گوریده‌ ی روی تختش قرار داشت و دسته‌ ی نامرتب روزنامه‌ها بر روی میز تحریرش در زیر هاله‌ ای از نور به چشم می‌خورد؛ عنوان یکی از روزنامه‌ها گویی با داد و فریاد، خودنمایی می‌کرد: هری پاتر: پسر برگزیده؟)؛ پایان

تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 09/07/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ 30/05/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

کتاب شش و فیلم شش برام حس بزرگ‌شدن داره. حس اینکه هری مرحله‌ی جدی‌تری از زندگیش رو با اعتماد دامبلدور شروع می‌کنه. یاد می‌گیره که با سوگواری چطور کنار بیاد و چطور برای روزهای سخت کتاب هفتم آماده بشه. نکته‌ی دیگه‌ای که از این داستان دوست دارم نزدیک شدن ناخودآگاه هری به اسنیپه. اسنیپی که از پیچیده‌ترین و زیباترین شخصیت‌های کتابه و حتی حقش این بود که بیشتر از این هم بهش پرداخته بشه

از تفاوت فیلم و کتاب باید بگم که قسمت‌هایی از فیلم واقعا مسخره به نظر میاد چون هیچ‌چیز توضیح داده نشده. در عوض در کتاب دقیقاً واضحه که هر قدم چطور و به چه دلیل برداشته شده

۱۴۰۱/۱۰/۷

Just as was the case at the beginning of the theatrical Transformers: the Movie (released in 1986), it was the year 2005. We had learned that Gwen Stefani, contrary to what you may have heard, was not, in fact, a hollaback girl; Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie kind of had crushes on each other based on their smoldering chemistry in Mr. and Mrs. Smith, portending not-so-good things for America’s sweetheart and favorite Friend Jennifer Aniston; and “crunk” was a real word and an actual thing that you could look up in the dictionary.

About a week before the highly anticipated July release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, perhaps the biggest book release of all time (well, until Deathly Hallows dropped), the day began like any other. I strolled to work with the sickly sweet smell of baking garbage assaulting me as I rocked out to tunes on my Discman (yes, even then, I was technologically behind the times). I sat at my desk and appeared to work diligently in my capacity as a marketing and sales-type person at a commercial publisher in Manhattan. The day proceeded normally: I pretended to work, the publisher pretended to pay me, and everyone was fine. Then, a colleague in the next cubicle received a call from a contact of hers at Scholastic. The pretext for the call was professional—coordinating distribution of a book that we were handling—but soon moved onto the publishing topic du jour: the forthcoming publication—from Scholastic, of course, of Half-Blood Prince.

Here’s the conversation, as I heard it from my end:

“You already have a copy?!”

Pause.

“Wow. Have you already read…you have?”

Pause.

“DUMBLEDORE DIES?!”

And that, dear friends, is how I came to know the climactic event of this legendary tome a week before it arrived at my house, and my reaction, and that of other nearby colleagues, can be best summed up by three words that rhyme with “druther plucking brass pole.”

That notwithstanding, this remains a poignantly affecting chapter in the saga, one that’s hard to read without simultaneously mourning the fallen and lamenting the lost innocence of characters we’ve watched grow so much.

Still, could have used more Fred and George. Then again, so can everything. Except maybe my wedding night.

Well, no, even that would have been enhanced by them.

"Do you remember me telling you we are practising nonverbal spells, Potter?"

"Yes," said Harry stiffly.

"Yes, sir."

"There's no need to call me 'sir,' Professor."

It’s so dark in places, in fact quite creepy, but the flashbacks to the past in which we learn so much about Voldemort or should I say Tom Riddle is absolutely absorbing.

Everything seems to be at risk here and you just don’t know what will happen next, nothing and no one seems to be safe anymore. There is also a touch of romance, and not just for Harry, which helps to lighten things, but the tension in this book is palpable and it really isn’t one you can put down.

n  You might like to check out more similar books here.n

„— Подочух, че на Коледа си се срещнал с министъра на магията.
— Да — потвърди Хари. — Не остана особено доволен от мен.
— Така е — въздъхна Дъмбълдор. — И от мен не е доволен. Но ние с теб, Хари, ще се опитаме да не се давим в тази мъка и да продължим битката.“


Завръщането във вълшебния свят на поредицата „Хари Потър“ винаги е великолепно книжно преживяване! С препрочитането на „Хари Потър и Нечистокръвния принц“, преоткрих страшно вълнуващи детайли от историята и отново се възхитих от брилянтно изградените персонажи - Албус Дъмбълдор и Сивиръс Снейп... Джоан Роулинг е забъркала изключително качествена литературна отвара за напреднали, майсторски съчетавайки мъдрост, приключения и чудесно чувство за хумор!

В началото на шестата година от обучението на Хари в Хогуортс, всички магьосници вече признават, че Волдемор се е завърнал. Снейп най-накрая е станал преподавател по Защита срещу черните изкуства, а на неговото място по Отвари е дошъл Слъгхорн, чието пристигане в училището е важно за Дъмбълдор. Хари е капитан на Грифиндорския отбор по куидич и започва да се влюбва в Джини, а междувременно се опитва да разследва все по-тайнствените дела на Драко Малфой. Дъмбълдор често загадъчно пътува извън Хогуортс, когато се връща споделя с Хари важни спомени на различни хора за Риддъл, а впоследствие Хари много му помага във все по-сложната и страховита битката срещу злото...






„— А сега, Хари, да поемем в нощта по следите на този вятърничав изкусител — приключението.“


„— Дъмбълдор казва, че на хората им е много по-лесно да прощават на другите, когато грешат, отколкото ако се окажат прави — обясни Хърмаяни. — Чух как го каза на майка ти, Рон.
— Звучи ми като онези отвлечени неща, които само Дъмбълдор би могъл да каже — отвърна той.“


„— Е, на мен ми се стори, че говори малко като теб — каза Хърмаяни.
— Като мен ли?
— Да, когато ни разказваше какво е да застанеш лице в лице срещу Волдемор. Тогава ти ни обясни, че не е важно просто да запомниш няколко заклинания, каза, че в такива случаи човек е сам и може да разчита единствено на ума и самообладанието си. Нима Снейп не каза същото? Че всичко се свежда до смелостта и пъргавия ум?
Хърмаяни явно беше решила, че си заслужава да запамети думите му както „Класически заклинания“, а Хари се почувства обезоръжен и се отказа да спори.“


„— Така и направих — отвърна спокойно Дъмбълдор. — Казах ти всичко, което знам. От този миг нататък ще напуснем твърдата почва на фактите и ще поемем заедно на пътешествие из мътните мочурища на спомените, за да навлезем в гъсталака на най-необузданите догадки. Колкото и да ми е тъжно, Хари, оттук нататък мога и да греша точно както Хъмфри Белчър, който решил, че е дошло време за котел от сирене.“


„Хари обаче смяташе, че „Отвари за напреднали“ на Нечистокръвния принц едва ли може да се причисли към учебниците. Колкото повече изучаваше книгата, толкова повече осъзнаваше какво богатство е заложено вътре не само във вид на полезни съвети и директни указания за приготвянето на отварите, с които Хари си беше спечелил възхи��ението на Слъгхорн, но и на разни заклинания и магийки, сътворени с голямо въображение и набързо описани в полетата.“


„— Значи ако обобщим всичко — този не е от най-веселите рождени дни на Рон — каза Фред.“


„Щом забеляза Хари, Малфой спря като закован, сетне се засмя безрадостно и продължи нататък.
— Къде отиваш? — попита настойчиво Хари.
— Да, ей сега ще ти кажа, Потър, понеже ти влиза в работата — изхили се злобно Малфой. — Побързай, сигурно вече чакат Избрания капитан… Момчето, което отбеляза… или както там те наричат напоследък.“


„— Сложни условия! — ободряващо оповести Маклагън на отбора. — Кут и Пийкс, летете в посока, обратна на слънцето, за да не ви забележат, когато се задавате…
— Аз съм капитанът тук, Маклагън, престани да се разпореждаш! — ядоса се Хари. — Върви при головите стълбове!
След като Маклагън се отдалечи, Хари се обърна към Кут и Пийкс.
— Наистина се постарайте да летите в посока, обратна на слънцето — заръча им той сърдито.“


„После Кадуолъдър отново отбеляза гол и изравни резултата, Луна обаче май и не забеляза: проявяваше изумително равнодушие към такива скучновати делнични неща като резултата и продължаваше с опитите да насочи вниманието на трибуните към облаците с интересна форма и вероятността Закарайъс Смит, който досега не бе успял да задържи куофъла за по-дълго от минута, да страда от нещо, наречено „бацил на несретите“.


„— Вече не ме наричат „Том“ — отбеляза той. — Напоследък съм известен като…
— Знам как си известен — усмихна се любезно Дъмбълдор. — Но се опасявам, че за мен винаги ще си останеш Том Риддъл. Това е едно от дразнещите неща у старите учители — те така и не забравят откъде са тръгнали техните възпитаници.“


„— Но аз не притежавам необикновени умения и могъщество! — възкликна спонтанно Хари.
— Притежаваш, и още как! — отсече Дъмбълдор. — Ти притежаваш сила, каквато Волдемор никога не е имал. Можеш да…
— Знам! — нетърпеливо рече Хари. — Мога да обичам!
Доста му беше трудно, но все пак се въздържа да не добави: „Голяма работа!“
— Да, Хари, можеш да обичаш — потвърди Дъмбълдор и от изражението му личеше, че е съвсем наясно какво е премълчал Хари току-що. — А след всичко, което си преживял, това е велико и забележително качество.“


„— Дъмбълдор щеше да бъде по-щастлив от всеки друг, ако знаеше, че на света има малко повече любов — отсече професор Макгонъгол...“


„Беше казал, че е важно да се бориш, да се бориш отново и отново, да не спираш, защото само тогава злото стои надалеч, макар че никога не може да бъде докрай изкоренено…“