Key Insights & Memorable Quotes
Below are the most popular and impactful highlights and quotes from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire:
“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
“Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.”
“Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”
“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”
“Percy wouldn't notice a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing one of Dobby's hats.”
“Don't talk to me.""Why not?""Because I want to fix that in my memory for ever. Draco Malfoy, the amazing bouncing ferret...”
“Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.”
“It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies.”
“Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.”
“Just because it’s taken you three years to notice, Ron, doesn't mean no one else has spotted I'm a girl!”
“Time will not slow down when something unpleasant lies ahead.”
“Who're you going with, then?" said Ron."Angelina," said Fred promptly, without a trace of embarrassment."What?" said Ron, taken aback. "You've already asked her?""Good point," said Fred. He turned his head and called across the common room, "Oi! Angelina!"Angelina, who had been chatting with Alicia Spinnet near the fire, looked over at him."What?" She called back."Want to come to the ball with me?"Angelina gave Fred a sort of appraising look."All right, then," she said, and she turned back to Alicia and carried on chatting with a bit of a grin on her face."There you go," said Fred to Harry and Ron, "piece of cake.”
“Well, I certainly don't," said Percy sanctimoniously. "I shudder to think what the state of my in-tray would be if I was away from work for five days." "Yeah, someone might slip dragon dung in it again, eh, Perce?" said Fred. "That was a sample of fertilizer from Norway!" said Percy, going very red in the face. "It was nothing personal!" "It was," Fred whispered to Harry as they got up from the table. "We sent it.”
“It is a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.”
“What would come, would come...and you would have to meet it, when it did.”
“Anyone can speak Troll. All you have to do is point and grunt.”
“I’m never wearing them," Ron was saying stubbornly. "Never.""Fine," snapped Mrs. Weasley. "Go naked. And, Harry, make sure you get a picture of him. Goodness knows I could do with a laugh.”
“Just then Neville caused a slight diversion by turning into a large canary.”
“Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed.”
“I took a wrong turn on the way to the bathroom and found myself in a beautifully proportioned room I had never seen before, containing a really rather magnificent collection of chamberpots. When I went back to investigate more closely, I discovered that the room had vanished. But I must keep an eye out for it. Possibly it is only accessible at five thirty in the morning. Or it may only appear at the quarter moon - or when the seeker has an exceptionally full bladder.”
“Constant vigilance!”
“Twitchy little ferret, aren't you, Malfoy?”
“What’s comin’ will come, an’ we’ll meet it when it does.”
“Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and what is right.-Albus Dumbledore”
“By Gryffindor, the bravest werePrized far beyond the rest;For Ravenclaw, the cleverestWould always be the best;For Hufflepuff, hard workers wereMost worthy of admission;And power-hungry SlytherinLoved those of great ambition.”
“Can I have a look at Uranus too, Lavender?”
“You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!”
“Well, I can certainly see why we're trying to keep them alive. Who wouldn't want pets that can burn, sting, and bite all at once?”
“I love magic!”
