Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Quotes

“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

topic:deathpaingrief

“His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even centaurs’ knowledge, was foolproof.”

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

topic:knowledgedoubt

“it is the view of the Ministry that a theoretical knowledge will be more than sufficient to get you through your examination, which, after all, is what school is all about.”

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

topic:knowledge

“the fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength.”

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

topic:strengthpain

“You should write a book . . . translating mad things girls do so boys can understand them.”

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

topic:understanding

“That’s what they should teach us here . . . how girls’ brains work... it’d be more useful than Divination anyway.”

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

topic:understanding

“size is no guarantee of power”

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

topic:power

“This is night, Diddykins. That’s what we call it when it goes all dark like this.”

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

topic:darkness

“First sign of madness, talking to your own head”

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

topic:madnesstalking

“Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young…”

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

topic:youthageforgetting