My Cheering Moments

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"You take your own hostage," one of them said to him. "Leave the others ..." "No way!" said Harry furiously - but only two large bubbles came out. "Your task is to retrieve your own friend ... leave the others ..." "She's my friend too!" Harry yelled, gesturing toward Hermione, an enormous silver bubble emerging soundlessly from his lips. "And I don't want them to die either!"	Book 4, Pages 499-500 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 26, "The Second Task"
... an old man Harry had seen only in a dream was now pushing himself out of the end of the wand just as Cedric had done... and his ghost, or his shadow, or whatever it was, fell next to Cedric's, and surveyed Harry and Voldemort, and the golden web, and the connected wands, with mild surprise, leaning on his walking stick... "He was a real wizard, then?" the old man said, his eyes on Voldemort. "Killed me, that one did. ... You fight him, boy. ..."	Book 4, Page 666 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 34, "Prior Incantatem"
"Excellent," whispered Ron, as they sat down in their usual seats. "Let's see Umbridge get what she deserves." Professor McGonagall marched into the room without giving the slightest indication that she knew Professor Umbridge was there. ... "Hem, hem," said Professor Umbridge. "Yes?" said Professor McGonagall, turning round, her eyebrows so close together they seemed to form one long, severe line. "I was just wondering, Professor, whether you received my note telling you of the date and time of your inspec -" "Obviously I received it, or I would have asked you what you are doing in my classroom," said Professor McGonagall, turning her back firmly on professor Umbridge.	Book 5, Pages 319-320 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 15, "The Hogwarts High Inquisitor"
Professor Umbridge gave her most pronounced cough yet. "May I offer you a cough drop, Dolores?" Professor McGonagall asked curtly, without looking at Professor Umbridge. "Oh no, thank you very much," said Umbridge with that simpering laugh Harry hated so much. "I just wondered whether I could make the teensiest interruption, Minvera?" ... "I was just wondering whether Mr. Potter has quite the temperament for an Auror?" said Professor Umbridge sweetly. ... " - are you quite sure you wouldn't like a cough drop, Dolores?" ... "I'm terribly sorry to have to contradict you, Minerva, but as you will see from my note, Harry has been achieving very poor results in his classes with me -" "I should have made my meaning plainer," said Professor McGonagall, turning at last to look Umbridge directly in the eyes. "He has achieved high marks in all Defense Against the Dark Arts tests set by a competent teacher."	Book 5, Pages 663-664 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 29, "Career Advice"
But nobody was paying the slightest attention to their star charts anymore: Jets of red light were still flying beside Hagrid's cabin, yet somehow they seemed to be bouncing off him. He was still upright and still, as far as Harry could see, fighting. Cries and yells echoed across the grounds; a man yelled, "Be reasonable, Hagrid!" and Hagrid roared, "Reasonable be damned, yeh won' take me like this Dawlish!" Harry could see the tiny outline of Fang, attempting to defend Hagrid, leaping at the wizards surrounding him until a Stunning Spell caught him and he fell to the ground. Hagrid gave a howl of fury, lifted the culprit bodily from the ground, and threw him: The man flew what looked like ten feet and did not get up again. Hermione gasped, both hands over her mouth; Harry looked around at Ron and saw that he too was looking scared. None of them had ever seen Hagrid in a real temper before...	Book 5, Pages 720-721 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 31, "O.W.L.s"
"Look!" squealed Parvati, who was leaning over the parapet and pointing to the foot of the castle where the front doors seemed to have opened again; more light had spilled out onto the dark lawn and a single long black shadow was now rippling across the lawn. "Now, really!" said Professor Tofty anxiously. "Only sixteen minutes left, you know!" But nobody paid him the slightest attention: They were watching the person now sprinting toward the battle beside Hagrid's cabin. "How dare you!" the figure shouted as she ran. "How dare you!" "It's McGonagall!" whispered Hermione. "Leave him alone! Alone, I say!" said Professor McGonagall's voice through the darkness. "On what grounds are you attacking him?" ...	Book 5, Page 721 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 31, "O.W.L.s"
"You two," she went on, gazing down at Fred and George, "are about to learn what happens to wrongdoers in my school." "You know what?" said Fred. "I don't think we are." "STOP THEM!" shrieked Umbridge, but it was too late. As the Inquisitorial Squad closed in, Fred and George kicked off from the floor, shooting fifteen feet into the air, the iron peg swinging dangerously below. Fred looked across the hall at the poltergeist bobbing on his level above the crowd. "Giver her hell from us, Peeves." And Peeves, whom Harry had never seen take an order from a student before, swept his belled hat from his head and sprang to a salute as Fred and George wheeled about to tumultuous applause from the students below and sped out of the open front doors into the glorious sunset.	Book 5, Pages 674-675 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 29, "Career Advice"
"Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger," Harry said very quickly, "Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood... We're here to save someone, unless your Ministry can do it first!" ... Half a dozen badges slid out of the metal chute... he glanced at the topmost one. HARRY POTTER RESCUE MISSION	Book 5, Page 768 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 34, "The Department of Mysteries"

Voldemort's Name

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"Ask for Tom the barman - easy enough to remember, as he shares your name -" Riddle gave an irritable twitch, as though trying to displace an irksome fly. "You dislike the name 'Tom'?" "There are a lot of Toms," muttered Riddle.	Book 6, Pages 274-275 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 13, "The Secret Riddle"
"So, Tom... to what do I owe the pleasure?" Voldemort did not answer at once, but merely sipped his wine. "They do not call me 'Tom' anymore," he said. "These days I am known as -" "I know what you are known as," said Dumbledore, smiling pleasantly. "But to me, I'm afraid, you will always be Tom Riddle. It is one of the irritating things about old teachers. I am afraid that they never quite forget their charges' youthful beginnings."	Book 6, Page 442 Half Blood Prince, Chapter 20, "Lord Voldemort's Request"
"My dear Professor, surely a sensible person like yourself can call him by his name? All this 'You-Know-Who' nonsense - for eleven years I have been trying to persuade people to call him by his proper name: Voldemort." Professor McGonagall flinched, but Dumbledore, who was unsticking two lemon drops, seemed not to notice. "It all gets so confusing if we keep saying 'You-Know-Who.' I have never seen any reason to be frightened of saying Voldemort's name."	Book 1, Page 11 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 1, "The Boy Who Lived"
"Sir?" said Harry. "I've been thinking ... Sir-even if the Stone's gone, Vol-, I mean, You-Know-Who -" "Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself."	Book 1, Page 298 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 17, "The Man With Two Faces"
..."If it was difficult to find evidence about the boy Riddle, it has been impossible to find anyone prepared to reminisce about the man Voldemort."	Book 6, Page 430 Half Blood Prince, Chapter 20, "Lord Voldemort's Request"

Who will Die? - Reading a few Portents

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At last, only the Weasley twins were left singing along to a very slow funeral march. Dumbledore conducted their last few lines with his wand and when they had finished, he was one of those who clapped loudest.	Book 1, Page 128 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 7, "The Sorting Hat"
"Good evening to you, Hagrid," said Ronan. He had a deep sorrowful voice. "Were you going to shoot me?" "Can't be too careful, Ronan," said Hagrid patting his crossbow. "There's summat bad loose in this forest."... ... "Always the innocent are the first victims," he said. "So it has been for ages past, so it is now."	Book 1, Pages 252-253 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 15, "The Forbidden Forest"
"... You, boy," she said suddenly to Neville, who almost toppled off his pouf. "Is your grandmother well?" "I think so," said Neville tremulously. "I wouldn't be so sure if I were you, dear," said Professor Trelawney...	Book 3, Page 103 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 6, "Talons and Tea Leaves"
He therefore had to endure over an hour of Professor Trelawney, who spent half the lesson telling everyone that the position of Mars with relation to Saturn at that moment meant that people born in July were in great danger of sudden, violent deaths.	Book 4, Pages 345-346 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 20, "The First Task"
"Half the f-f-family's in the Order, it'll b-b-be a miracle if we all come through this. ... and P-P-Percy's not talking to us. ... What if something d-d-dreadful happens and we never m-m-made up? And what's going to happen if Arthur and I get killed, who's g-g-going to look after Ron and Ginny?" ... "And as for who's going to look after Ron and Ginny if you and Arthur died," said Lupin, smiling slightly, "what do you think we'd do, let them starve?"	Book 5, Page 177 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 9, "The Woes of Mrs. Weasley"
"The Order is comprised only of overage wizards," he said. "Wizards who have left school," he added as Fred and George opened their mouths. "There are dangers involved of which you can have no idea, any of you ..."	Book 5, Page 97 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 5, "The Order of the Phoenix"
"George," said Fred, "I think we've outgrown full-time education." "Yeah, I've been feeling that way myself," said George lightly. "Time to test our talents in the real world, d'you reckon?" asked Fred. "Definitely," said George.	Book 5, Page 674 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 29, "Career Advice"
"Dumbledore sacrificed himself to keep you in school, Harry!"	Book 5, Page 667 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 29, "Career Advice"
"And here we have six missing Death Eaters... ... One, who I believe has left me forever ... he will be killed, of course..."	Book 5, Page 651 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 33, "Death Eaters"
"Remember, Firenze, we are sworn not to set ourselves against the heavens. Have we not read what is to come in the movements of the planets?" ... "Good Luck, Harry Potter," said Firenze. "The planets have been read wrongly before now, even by centaurs. I hope this is one of those times."	Book 1, Pages 257, 259 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 15, "The Forbidden Forest"

Ron the Defender

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Ron read the message, swallowed hard, and looked sideways at the empty seat usually filled by Hermione. The sight seemed to stiffen his resolve, and he nodded.	Book 2, Page 270 Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 15, "Aragog"
"That is the second time you have spoken out of turn, Miss Granger," said Snape cooly. "Five more points from Gryffindor for being an insufferable know-it-all." Hermione went very red, put down her hand, and stared at the floor with her eyes full of tears. ... and Ron, who told Hermione she was a know-it-all at least twice a week, said loudly, "You asked us a question, and she knows the answer! Why ask if you don't want to be told?"	Book 3, Page 172 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 9, "Grim Defeat"
"... I won't deny that I am a werewolf." Ron made a valient effort to get up again but fell back with a whimper of pain.	Book 3, Page 345 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 17, "Cat, Rat and Dog"
Neville's foot had sunk right through a step halfway up the staircase. ... Harry and Ron seized him under the armpits and pulled him out, while a suit of armor at the top of the stairs creaked and clanked, laughing wheezily. "Shut it, you," said Ron, banging down its visor as they passed.	Book 4, Page 190 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 12, "The Triwizard Tournament"
"You know what?" said Seamus heatedly, casting Harry a venomous look. "He's right, I dont' want to share a dormitory with him anymore, he's a madman." "That's out of order, Seamus," said Ron, whose ears were starting to glow red, always a danger sign. ... "Anyone else's parents got a problem with Harry?" he said aggressively.	Book 5, Pages 218-219 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 11, "The Sorting Hat's New Song."

The First Wizarding War

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"In the old days he had huge numbers at his command; witches and wizards he'd bullied or bewitched into following him, his faithful Death Eaters, a great variety of Dark creatures."	Book 5, Page 93 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 5, "The Order of the Phoenix"
"Molly, that's enough," said Lupin. "This isn't like last time. The Order is better prepared, we've got a head start, we know what Voldemort's up to -"	Book 5, Page 177 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 9, "The Woes of Mrs. Weasley"
From an inner pocket of his robes Moody pulled a very tattered old Wizarding photograph. ... "That's Marlene McKinnon, she was killed two weeks after this was taken, they got her whole family. That's Frank and Alice Longbottom -" ... "Poor devils," growled Moody. "better dead than what happened to them ... and that's Emmeline Vance, you've met her, and that there's Lupin, obviously ... Benjy Fenwick, he copped it too, we only ever found bits of him" ... "That's Edgar Bones ... brother of Amelia Bones, they got him and his family too, he was a great wizard ... Sturgis Podmore, blimey, he looks young ... Caradoc Dearbon, vanished six months after this, we never found his body ... Hagrid, of course, looks exactly the same as ever ... Elphias Doge, you've met him, I'd forgotten he used to wear that stupid hat ... Gideon Prewett, it took five Death Eaters to kill him and his brother Fabian, they fought like heroes..." "That's Dumbledore's brother Aberforth, only time I ever met him, strange bloke ... That's Dorcas Meadowes, Voledmort killed her personally ..."	Book 5, Pages 173-174 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 9, "The Woes of Mrs. Weasley"
"Sirius, I need you to set off at once. You are to alert Remus Lupin, Arabella Figg, Mundungus Fletcher - the old crowd."	Book 4, Page 713 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 36, "The Parting of the Ways"
..."You-Know-Who and his followers sent the Dark Mark into the air whenever they killed," said Mr. Weasley. "The terror it inspired ... you have no idea, you're too young. Just picture coming home and finding the Dark Mark hovering over your house, and knowing what you're about to find inside. ..." Mr. Weasley winced. "Everyone's worst fear ... the very worst ..." ... "Harry, that's their idea of fun. Half of the Muggle killings back when You-Know-Who was in power were done for fun."	Book 4, Pages 142-143 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 9, "The Dark Mark"
"Years back, there were a lot of witches and wizards being controlled by the Imperius Curse," said Moody, and Harry knew he was talking about the days in which Voldemort had been all-powerful.	Book 4, Page 213 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 14, "The Unforgiveable Curses"
"Imagine that Voldemort's powerful now. You don't know who his supporters are, you don't know who's working for him and who isn't; you know he can control people so that they do terrible things without being able to stop themselves. You're scared for yourself, and your family and your friends. Every week news comes of more deaths, more disappearances, more torturing ... the Ministry of Magic's in disarray, they don't know what to do, they're trying to keep everything hidden from the Muggles, but meanwhile, Muggles are dying too. Terror everywhere ... panic ... confusion ... that's how it used to be. ... The Aurors were given new powers - powers to kill rather than capture, for instance. ... handed straight to the Dementors without trial. Crouch fought violence with violence, and authorized the use of the Unforgivable Curses against suspects."	Book 4, Pages 526-527 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 27, "Padfoot Returns"
Fudge grimaced. "He used giants last time, when he wanted to go for the grand effect," he said.	Book 6, Page 13 Half-Bood Prince, Chapter 11, "The Other Minister"

The Night at Godric's Hollow

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"Dumbledore, who was of course working tirelessly against You-Know-Who, had a number of useful spies. One of them tipped him off, and he alerted James and Lily at once. He advised them to go into hiding."	Book 3, page 204 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 10, "The Marauder's Map," McGonagall, Hagrid, Rosmerta and Fudge discuss Sirius Black at the three Broomsticks.
"I killed your father first, and he put up a courageous fight... but your mother needn't have died... she was trying to protect you...."	Book 1, page 294 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 17, "The Man With Two Faces", Voldemort speaking to Harry at the final standoff.
"Lily, take Harry and go! It's him! Go! Run! I'll hold him off-"	Book 3, page 240 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 12, "The Patronus," Harry hears this while learning the Patronus Charm against a Boggart Dementor.
The sounds of someone stumbling from a room - a door bursting open - a cackle of high pitched laughter -"	Book 3, page 240 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 12, "The Patronus," Harry hears this while learning the Patronus Charm against a Boggart Dementor
"Not Harry, not Harry, please not Harry!" "Stand aside, you silly girl...standaside, now..." "Not Harry, please no, take me, kill me instead-" "Not Harry! Please...have mercy...have mercy...."	Book 3, page 179 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 9, "Grim Defeat," Memories via at "least a hundred dementors" during Quidditch.
"Not Harry! Not Harry! Please - I'll do anything -" "Stand aside. Stand aside, girl."	Book 3, page 239 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 9, "Grim Defeat," Memories via the boggart bementor.
"...They died begging me for mercy..." "LIAR!" Harry shouted suddenly."	Book 1, page 294 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 17, "The Man With Two Faces", Voldemort speaking to Harry at the final standoff
"His mother left upon him the traces of her sacrifice....This is old magic, I should have remembered it, I was foolish to overlook it..." ... "My curse was deflected by the woman's foolish sacrifice, and it rebounded upon myself. Aaah... pain beyond pain, my friends; nothing could have prepared me for it. I was ripped from my body, I was less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost... but still, I was alive. What I was, even I do not know..."	Book 4, page 653 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 33, "The Death Eaters" - Voldemort to his Death Eaters in the graveyard.
"The night they died, I'd arranged to check on Peter, make sure he was still safe, but when I arrived at his hiding place, he'd gone. Yet there was no sign of a struggle. It didn't feel right. I was scared. I set out for your parents' house straight away. And when I saw their house destroyed and their bodies... I realized what Peter must've done... what I'd done..."	Book 3, Page 365 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 19, "The Servant of Lord Voldemort"
"I met him!" growled Hagrid. " I musta bin the last ter see him before he killed all them people! It was me what rescued Harry from Lily an' James's house after they was killed! Jus' got him outta the ruins, poor little thing, with a great slash across his forehead, an' his parents dead... an' Sirius Black turns up on that flyin' motorbike he used ter ride. " "An' then he says, 'Give Harry ter me, Hagrid, I'm his godfather, I'll look after him-' Ha! But I'd had me orders from Dumbledore, an I told Black no, Dumbledore said Harry was ter go ter his aunt an' uncles's. Black argued, but in the end he gave in. Told me ter take his motorbike ter get Harry there. 'I won't need it anymore,' he says."	Book 3, Pages 206-207 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 10, "The Marauder's Map," McGonagall, Hagrid, Rosmerta and Fudge discuss Sirius Black at the three Broomsticks.
"The ministry of magic caught up with him next day!"

Links:
hp-lexicon.org re: Godric's Hollow and a timeline.

Today - July 20, 2007

The day before Book 7 is released:

• Excitedly waiting for the delivery truck tomorrow.
• Instituted a lockdown on all sites, televisions, radios, etc.. that may have spoilers.
• Cleaning the house to get ready for major blocks of reading time. Listening to Harry Potter on audio books while I clean.
• Warned others I will be under a self-imposed communications blackout for the weekend.
• Coming up with ideas of mindless activities I can do to intersperse with reading - with the intent to a) slow myself down and not gulp the whole book down in 1 or 2 days and b) allow myself time to process what I'm reading during the reading and not after. Laundry..., cleaning ..., going out to eat ..., walking ...
• Trying to determine which last few posts are worthy enough to finish and move from "draft" to "published" status before I shut down all posting tonight. Trying to pick the most appropriate last, last post.

What are Voldemort's Plans?

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Voldemort and Immortality
Voldemort's Request to Teach at Hogwarts
"His powers, as you heard, were suprisingly well-developed for such a young wizard... And as you saw, they were not the random experiments typical of young wizards: He was already using magic against other people, to frighten, to punish, to control."	Book 6, Page 276 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 13, "The Secret Riddle"
"So what does Dumbledore reckon he's planning?" "Well, firstly, he wants to build up his army again," said Sirius. ...You heard him planning to recruit the giants; well, they'll be just one group he's after. He's certainly not going to try and take on the Ministry of Magic with only a dozen Death Eaters." ... "If Dumbledore's out of the way - well, You-Know-Who will have a clear field."	Book 5, Pages 92-93, 95 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 5, "The Order of the Phoenix"
"He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has now been joined by those of his followers who broke out of Azkaban in January," said Fudge, speaking more and more rapidly and twirling his bowler so fast that it was a lime-green blur. "Since they have moved into th eopen, they have been wreaking havoc. The Brockdale Bridge - he did it, Prime Minister, he threatened a mass Muggle killing unless I stood aside for him and -"	Book 6, Page 12 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 1, "The Other Minister"
"I tell you now - take the steps I have suggested, and you will be remembered, in office or out, as one of the bravest and greatest Ministers of Magic we have ever known. Fail to act - and history will remember you as the man who stepped aside and allowed Voldemort a second chance to destroy the world we have tried to rebuild!"	Book 4, Page 708 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 36, "The Parting of the Ways"
"And I will say this for Draco: He isn't shrinking away from his duty, he seems glad of a chance to prove himself, excited at the prospect -" ... "That's because he is sixteen and has no idea what lies in store!"	Book 6, Page 33 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 2, "Spinner's End"

Voldemort's Request

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..."Hardly anyone knew of it at the time - I was one of the few in whom the then headmaster confided - but Voldemort first approached Professor Dippet and asked whether he could remain at Hogwarts as a teacher." "He wanted to stay here? Why?" asked Harry, more amazed still. "I believe he had several reasons, though he confided none of them to Professor Dippet," said Dumbledore. "Firstly, and very importantly, Voldemort was, I believe, more attached to this school than he has ever been to a person. Hogwarts was where he had been happiest; the first and only place he had felt at home." ... "Secondly, the castle is a stronghold of ancient magic. Undoubtedly Voldemort had penetrated many more of its secrets than most of the students who pass through the place, but he may have felt that there were still mysteries to unravel, stores of magic to tap. "And thirdly, as a teacher he would have had great power and influence over young witches and wizards. Perhaps he had gained the idea from Professor Slughorn, the teacher with whom he was on best terms, who had demonstrated how influential a role a teacher can play. I do not imagine for an instant that Voldemort envisaged spending the rest of his life at Hogwarts, but I do think that he saw it as a useful recruiting ground, and a place where he might begin to build himself an army."	Book 6, Pages 431-432 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 20, "Lord Voldemort's Request"
"Let us speak openly. Why have you come here tonight, surrounded by henchmen, to request a job we both know you do not want?" Voldemort looked coldly surprised. "A job I do not want? On the contrary, Dumbledore, I want it very much." "Oh, you want to come back to Hogwarts, but you do not want to teach any more than you wanted to when you were eighteen. What is it you're after, Tom? Why not try an open request for once?" Voldemort sneered. "If you do not want to give me a job -" "Of course I don't," said Dumbledore. And I don't think for a moment you expected me to."	Book 6, Page 445 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 20, "Lord Voldemort's Request"
"Do you think that's why he really wanted to come back to Hogwarts, sir?" said Harry. "To try and find something from one of the other founders?" "My thoughts precisely," said Dumbledore. "But unfortunately, that does not advance us much further, for he was turned away, or so I believe, without the chance to search the school."	Book 6, Page 505 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 23, "Horcruxes"

The Flying Motorcycle

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A low rumbling sound had broken the silence around them. It grew steadily louder as they looked up and down the street for some sign of a headlight; it swelled to a roar as they both looked up at the sky - and a huge motorcycle fell out of the air and landed on the road in front of them. ... "Hagrid," said Dumbledore, sounding relieved. "At last. And where did you get that motorcycle?" "Borrowed it, Professor Dumbledore, sir," said the giant, climbing carefully off the motorcycle as he spoke. "Young Sirius Black lent it to me." ... "Yeah," said Hagrid in a very muffled voice, "I'll be takin' Sirius his bike back. G'night, Professor McGonagall - Professor Dumbledore, sir." Wiping his streaming eyes on his jacket sleee, Hagrid swung himself onto the motorcycle and kicked the engine into life; with a roar it rose into the air and off into the night.	Book 1, Pages 14, 16 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 1, "The Boy Who Lived"
"an' Sirius Black turns up on that flyin' motorbike he used ter ride. ...Black argued, but in the end he gave in. Told me ter take his motorbike ter get Harry there. 'I won't need it anymore,' he says. "I shoulda known there was somethin' fishy goin' on then. He loved that motorbike, what was he givin' it ter me for? Why wouldn' he need it anymore? Fact was, it was too easy ter trace."	Book 3, Pages 206-207 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 10, "The Marauder's Map"
He rolled onto his back and tried to remember the dream he had been having. It had been a good one. There had been a flying motorcycle in it. He had a funny feeling he'd had the same dream before.	Book 1, Page 19 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 2, "The Vanishing Glass"
"Here," said Kingsley brusquely to Mr. Weasley, shoving a sheaf of parchment into his hand, "I need as much information as possible on flying Muggle vehicles sighted in the last twelve months. We've received information that Black might still be using his old motorcycle." Kingsley tipped Harry an enormous wink...	Book 5, Page 132 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 7, "The Ministry of Magic"

Pictures:
On the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Two-Disc Special Edition) (Harry Potter 1) DVD there is a Photo Gallery (via "The Library") where I found this artist's concept drawing of Sirius's Flying Motorcycle sitting beside Hagrid's hut. This artist, however, may not have known anything more than any of us. The films are not generally considered canon. (An excellent discussion of canon can be found on HP-Lexicon's Overview of Sources.)

Links:

That Mysterious Flying Motorcycle - An original editorial by Alyschera on mugglenet.

HP Lexicon's Table of Edits to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone which includes the change from "I'll be takin' Sirius his bike back." to "I best get this bike away." This poster had a good rationale for the change on the mugglenet forums. (i.e. Dumbledore, who testified that Sirius was the Potter's secret-keeper, would have not let Hagrid just ride off to give the bike back to the apparent traitor.)

Quotes:
JK Rowling's World Book Day Chat, March 4, 2004

Rita: Whatever happend to Sirius' flying motorbike?
JK Rowling replies -> Ah, good question. You'll find out, but the real sleuths among you might be able to guess.

Source: Accio-Quote

Lupin Gets Uncomfortable

Lupin becomes uncomfortable and then often changes the subject:

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"It's getting worse," Harry muttered, biting off the Frog's head. "I could hear her louder that time - and him - Voldemort -" Lupin looked paler than usual. "Harry, if you don't want to continue, I will more than understand -"	Book 3, page 239 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 12, "The Patronus"
"I heard my dad," Harry mumbled. "That's the first time I've ever heard him - he tried to take on Voldemort himself, to give my mum time to run for it. ..." ... "You heard James?" said Lupin in a strange voice. "Yeah..." Face dry, Harry looked up. "Why - you didn't know my dad, did you?" "I - I did, as a matter of fact," said Lupin. "We were friends at Hogwarts. Listen, Harry - perhaps we should leave it here for tonight. This charm is ridiculously advanced. ... I shouldn't have suggested putting you through this..." "No!" said Harry. ... "Ready?" said Lupin, who looked as though he were doing this against his better judgment.	Book 3, page 240-241 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 12, "The Patronus"
"I have not been helping Sirius get into the castle and I certaintly don't want Harry dead. ..." An odd shiver passed over his face. "But I won't deny that I am a werewolf."	Book 3, Page 345 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 17, "Cat, Rat and Dog"

Eye Colors

Eye Colors

Person	Color	Quote	Source
Green
Harry Potter	Green	... her eyes are just like mine, Harry thought, edging a little closer to the glass. Bright green - exactly the same shape...	Book 1, Page 208
Lily Potter
Dobby	Green	The little creature on the bed had large, bat-like ears and bulging green eyes the size of tennis balls.	Book 2, Page 12
Blue
Dudley Dursley	Blue	Dudley looked a lot like Uncle Vernon. He had... small, watery blue eyes...	Book 1, Page 21
Firenze	Blue	He had astonishingly blue eyes, like pale sapphires.	Book 1, Page 256
Albus Dumbledore	Blue	His blue eyes were light, bright and sparkling behind half-moon spectacles...	Book 1, Page 8
Gilderoy Lockhart	Blue	The real Lockhart was wearing robes of forget-me-not blue that exactly matched his eyes;...	Book 2, Page 59
Ludo Bagman	Blue	... his round blue eyes ...	Book 4, Page 86
Hazel
James Potter	Hazel	James's eyes were hazel,	Book 5, Page 641
Brown
Winky	Brown	...her great brown eyes...	Book 4, Page 377
Ginny Weasley	Brown	Harry just caught sight of a pair of bright brown eyes staring at him...	Book 2, Page 40
Hermione Granger	Brown	... and her eyes were turning slowly back to brown.	Book 2, Page 228
Red
Voldemort	Red	...the red eyes, whose pupils were slits, like a cat's...	Book 4, Page 644
Yellow
Madam Hooch	Yellow	She had short, gray hair, and yellow eyes like a hawk.	Book 1, Page 146
Orange
Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback	Orange	...it had a long snout with wide nostrils, the stubs of horns and bulging, orange eyes.	Book 1, Page 235
Black
Severus Snape	Black	Snape finished calling the names and looked up at the class. His eyes were black like Hagrid's, but they had none of Hagrid's warmth. They were cold and empty and made you think of dark tunnels.	Book 1, Page 136
Rubeus Hagrid
Grey
Draco & Lucius Malfoy	Gray	The man who followed could only be Draco's father. He had the same pale ... identical cold, gray eyes.	Book 2, Page 50
Sirius Black	Grey	... his eyes are grey.	JKR Website
Cedric Diggory	Grey	Exceptionally handsome, with his ... grey eyes ...	Book 4, Page 296
Silver
Mr. Olivander	Silver	An old man was standing before them, his wide, pale eyes shining like moons... ... Those silvery eyes were a bit creepy.	Book 1, Page 82

Open for Interpretation

Person	Color	Quote	Source
Petunia Dursley		... even beady-eyed Mrs. Dursley...	Book 1, Page 9
Argus Filch		Filch's pale, wild eye...	Book 1, Page 206
Mad-Eye Moody		One of the eyes was small, dark, and beady, the other large, round, and electric blue - ...	Book 5, Page 47
Nymphadora Tonks		...dark twinkling eyes...	Book 5, Page 47
Horace Slughorn		His pale gooseberry eyes...	Book 6, Page 67

Quotes about Eye Colors:

Quote	Link to Source
I think the color of Harry's eyes will matter in the books to come. Yes? Hmmmm... maybe!	JKRowling Q and A
MA: What color are Ron's eyes? JKR: Ron's eyes are blue. Have I never said that, ever? [JKR covers her eyes.] MA: They’ve been dying for us to ask this. JKR: Blue. Harry's green, Ron's blue, and Hermione's are brown.	JKRowling Q and A
At the launch of Goblet of Fire at King's Cross, London, I shook hands with a woman who leaned forward and whispered conspiratorially, 'Sirius Black is sexy, right?' And yes, of course she was right, as the Immeritus club know. The best-looking, most rebellious, most dangerous of the four marauders... and to answer one burning question on the discussion boards, his eyes are grey.	JKR Website

Handwriting

Character	Quote	Source
Dumbledore	Written in narrow, loopy writing he had never seen before...	Book 1, Page 201
	The narrow handwriting looked vaguely familiar.	Book 5, Page 58
	...he had just recognized the thin, slanting writing on the parchment.	Book 6, Page 181
Hermione	"...and her writing's tiny."	Book 2, Page 147
	Hermione's neat writing,	Book 2, Page 18
Ron	Ron's untidy scrawl,
Hagrid	and even a scribble that looked as though it was from the Hogwarts gamekeeper, Hagrid.
	He recognized the untidy scrawl on the brown paper at once: this was from Hagrid...	Book 3, Page 12
Gilderoy Lockhart	He scrawled an enormous loopy signature on the note...	Book 2, Page 163
Harry	These words, too, faded away, but not before Harry had started to scribble back. ... "What do you mean?" Harry scrawled,...	Book 2, Page 240
Tom Riddle	Riddle's reply came quickly, his writing becoming untidier, as though he was hurrying to tell all he knew.	Book 2, Page 241
Snape	..his writing was minuscule and cramped.	Book 5, Page 641
The Half-Blood Prince	"Scribbled," "Scrawled," and "Cramped."	Handwriting in the Potions book

Handwriting in the Potions Book

I thought this table was really going to demonstrate that there were several different sets of handwriting in the Potions book but I was wrong:

Quote	Source
Scribbled
It was really very irritating, having to try and decipher the directions under all the stupid scribbles of the previous owner, who for some reason had taken issue with the order to cut up the sopophorous bean and had written in the alternativer instructions: Crush with flat side of silver dagger, releases juice better than cutting.	Book 6, Page 189 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 9, "The Half-Blood Prince"
The more Harry pored over the book, the more he realized how much was in there, not only the handy hints and shortcuts on potions that were earning him such a glowing reputation wiht Slughorn, but also the imaginative little jinxes and hexes scribbled in the margins, which Harry was sure, judging by the crossings-out and revisions, that the Prince had invented himself.	Book 6, Page 238 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 12, "Silver and Opals"
Sitting up in bed, Harry turned the book sideways so as to examine more closely the scribbled instructions for a spell that seemed to have caused the Prince some trouble. There were many crossings-out and alterations, but finally, crammed into a corner of the page, the scribble: Levicorpus (nvbl)	Book 6, Page 238 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 12, "Silver and Opals"
Scrawled
And there it was, scrawled right across a long list of antidotes: Just shove a bezoar down their throats.	Book 6, Page 377 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 18, "Birthday Surprises"
He had just found an incantation ("Sectumsempra!") scrawled in a margin above the intriguing words "For Enemies," ...	Book 6, Pages 447-448 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 21, "The Unknowable Room"
Cramped
He groped for the potion book and riffled through it in a panic, trying to find the right page; at last he located it and deciphered one cramped word underneath the spell: Praying that this was the counter-jinx, Harry thought Liberacorpus! with all his might.	Book 6, Page 239 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 12, "Silver and Opals"
Scribbled and Cramped
Harry bent low to retrieve the book, and as he did so, he saw something scribbled along the bottom of the back cover in the same small, cramped handwriting as the instructions that had won him his bottle of Felix Felicis, now safely hidden inside a pair of socks in his trunk upstairs. This Book is the Property of the Half-Blood Prince.	Book 6, Page 0 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 1, "Chapter One"
Ponder This
So Snape had to be fifteen or sixteen, around Harry's own age. His hand was flying across the parchment; he had written at least a foot more than his closest neighbors, and yet his writing was minuscule and cramped.	Book 5, Page 641 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 28, "Snape's Worst Memory"

Slytherin Values

Quote	Source
Or perhaps in Slytherin You'll make your real friends Those cunning folk use any means To achieve their ends.	Book 1, Page 118 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 7, "The Sorting Hat"
"You happen to have many qualities Salazar Slytherin prized in his hand-picked students." ... "Parseltongue - resourcefulness - determination - a certain disregard for rules," ...	Book 2, Page 333 Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 18, "Dobby's Reward"
And power-hungry Slytherin Loved those of great ambition.	Book 4, Page 177 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 12, "The Triwizard Tournament"
Said Slytherin, "We'll teach just those Whose ancestry is purest." ... For instance, Slytherin Took only pure-blood wizards Of great cunning, just like him	Book 5, Page 205 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 11, "The Sorting Hat's New Song"
"I was Head of Slytherin," said Slughorn. ... "Still ... the prudent wizard keeps his head down in such times. All very well for Dumbledore to talk, but taking up a post at Hogwarts just now would be tantamount to declaring my public allegiance to the Order of the Phoenix! And while I'm sure they're very admirable and brave and all the rest of it, I don't personally fancy the mortaility rate - "	Book 6, Page 70, 72 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 4, "Horace Slughorn"

List of those in Slytherin House from hp-lexicon

Voldemort and Immortality

Quote	Source
"I miscalculated, my friends, I admit it. My curse was deflected by the woman's foolish sacrifice, and it rebounded upon myself. ... What I was, even I do not know ... I who, have gone further than anybody along the path that leads to immortality. You know my goal - to conquer death. And now, I was tested, and it appeared that one or more of my experiments had worked."	Book 4, Page 653 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 33, "The Death Eaters"
"I did not manage to steal the Sorcerer's Stone. I was not to be assured immortal life. I was athwwarted ... thwarted, once again, by Harry Potter..."	Book 4, Page 654 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 33, "The Death Eaters"
"There was no hope of stealing the Sorcerer's Stone anymore, for I knew that Dumbledore would have seen to it that it was destroyed. But I was willing to embrace mortal life again, before chasing immortality. I set my sights lower... I would settle for my old body back again, and my old strenth."	Book 4, Page 656 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 33, "The Death Eaters"
"My mother can't have been magic, or she wouldn't have died," said Riddle, more to himself than Dumbledore.	Book 6, Page 275 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 13, "The Secret Riddle"
"Well, Harry," said Dumbledore, ... "At the same age as you are now, give or take a few months, Tom Riddle was doing all he could to find out how to make himself immortal."	Book 6, Page 499 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 23, "Horcruxes"

Why Does Voldemort Keep Returning to Albania?

Quote	Source
"I remember only forcing myself, sleeplessly, endlessly, second by second to exist. ... I settled in a faraway place, in a forest, and I waited. ... Surely, one of my faithful Death Eaters would try and find me ... one of them would come and perform the magic I could not, to restore me to a body ... but I waited in vain. ..." ... "Then ... four years ago ... the means for my return seemed assured. A wizard - young, foolish and gullible - wandered acrosss my path in the forest I had made my home. Oh, he seemed the very chance I had been dreaming of ... for he was a teacher at Dumbledore's school... he was easy to bend to my will ... he brought me back to this country, and after a while, I took possession of his body... But my plan failed. I did not manage to steal the Sorcerer's Stone. ... "I returned to my hiding place far away..."	Book 4, Pages 653-654 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 33, "The Death Eaters"
"What interests me most," said Dumbledore gently, "is how Lord Voldemort managed to enchant Ginny, when my sources tell me he is currently in hiding in the forests of Albania."	Book 2, Page 328 Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 18, "Dobby's Reward"
"And then, not even a year ago ... Wormtail ... sought me in the country where it had long been rumored I was hiding ... helped, of course, by the rats he met along the way. ... His filthy little friends told him there was a place, deep in an Albanian forest, that they avoided"...	Book 4, Pages 654 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 33, "The Death Eaters"
"Bertha Jorkins?" said Harry. "Exactly ... she disappeared in Albania, and that's definitely where Voldemort was rumored to be last ... "	Book 4, Page 333 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 19, "The Hungarian Horntail"
PONDER THIS
"I returned to my hiding place far away, and I will not pretend to you that I didn't then fear that I might never regain my powers. ... Yes, that was perhaps my darkest hour ... I could not hope that I would be sent another wizard to possess ... "	Book 4, Page 654 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 33, "The Death Eaters"

Manners

Quote	Source
"We bow to each other Harry," said Voldemort, bending a little, but keeping his snakelike face upturned to Harry. "Come, the niceties must be observed. ... Dumbledore would like you to show manners. ... Bow to death, Hary. ..."	Book 4, Page 660 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 34, "Priori Incantatem"
"Manners, Potter, or I'll have to give you a detention," drawled Malfoy...	Book 5, Page 0 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 10, "Luna Lovegood" On the train on the way to Hogwarts.
"Manners, Potter," said Snape dangerously.	Book 5, Page 534 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 24, "Occlumency"
"Good evening, Amycus," said Dumbledore calmly, as though welcming the man to a tea party. "And you've brought Alecto too. ...Charming..." The woman gave an angry little titter. "Think your little jokes'll help you on your deathbed then?" she jeered. "Jokes? No, no, these are manners," replied Dumbledore.	Book 6, Pages 592-593 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 27, "The Lightening-Struck Tower"

Is Snape really the Half-Blood Prince?

Quote	Source
"How old is this book, Harry?" "I dunno, I've never checked." "Well, perhaps that will give you some clue as to when the Prince was at Hogwarts," said Lupin. ... "...Harry delved into his trunk and pulled out his copy of Advanced Potion-Making before getting into bed. There he turned its pages, searching, until he finally found, at the front of the book, the date that it had been published. It was nearly fifty years old. Neither his father, nor his father's friends, had been at Hogwarts fifty years ago."	Book 6, Page 337 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 16, "A Very Frosty Christmas"
This was Hogwarts as Riddle had known it, meaning that this unknown wizard was headmaster, not Dumbledore, and he, Harry, was little more than a phantom, completely invisible to the people of fifty years ago.	Book 2, Page 243 Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 13, "The Very Secret Diary"
"And this diary is fifty years old," said Hermione, tapping it excitedly. "So?" "Oh, Ron, wake up," snapped Hermione. "We know the person who opened the Chamber last time was expelled fifty years ago. We know T.M. Riddle got an award for special services to the school fifty years ago."	Book 2, Pages 232-233 Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 13, "The Very Secret Diary"
"You dare use my own spells against me, Potter? It was I who invented them - I, the Half-Blood Prince!"	Book 6, Page 604 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 28, "Flight of the Prince" Spoken by Snape
PONDER THIS
..."tryng to make himself feared using the Dark Arts, gave himself an impressive new name - Lord Voldemort - the Half-Blood Prince - ..."	Book 6, Page 637 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 30, "The White Tomb"

No Book 7 Spoilers

This blog contains content from books 1-6 only.

It will not be updated with content from Book 7 (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). If/when I create a blog that contains quotes from the seventh book I will create a new blog and will link from here.

This blog will forever be frozen as a Pre-Deathly Hallows blog. There are no Book 7 spoilers here (except for the guesses and predictions we develop together from these tables of earlier content).

Trevor - Age and Freedom

Quote	Source
"- but nothing happened until I was eight. ... - they thought I might not be magic enough to come, you see. Great Uncle Algie was so pleased he bought me my toad."	Book 1, Page 125 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 7, "The Sorting Hat"
"What are you doing?" said a voice from the coner of the room. Neville appeared from behind an armchair, clutching Trevor the toad, who looked as though he'd been making another bid for freedom. ... He took a step forward and Neville dropped Trevor the toad, who leapt out of sight.	Book 1, Pages 272-273 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 16, "Through the Trapdoor"
Neville's toad was found lurking in a corner of the toilets;...	Book 1, Page 307 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 17, "The Man with Two Faces"
"Everyone gather 'round," said Snape, his black eyes glittering, "and watch what happens to Longbottom's toad. If he has managed to produce a Shrinking Solution, it will shrink to a tadpole. If, as I don't doubt, he has done it wrong, his toad is likely to be poisoned." The Gryffindors watched fearfully. The Slytherins looked excited. Snape picked up Trevor the toad in his left hand and dipped a small spoon into Neville's potion, which was now green. He trickled a few drops down Trevor's throat. There was a moment of hushed silence, in which Trevor gulped; then there was a small pop, and Trevor the tadpole was wriggling in Snape's palm. The Gryffindors burst into applause. Snape, looking sour, pulled a small bottle from the pocket of his robe, poured a few drops on top of Trevor, and he reappeared suddenly, fully grown.	Book 3, Page 128 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 7, "The Boggart in the Wardrobe"
..."- oi, come back here, Trevor!" And he dived under the seat to retrieve his toad as it made one of its frequent bids for freedom.	Book 6, Page 137 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 7, "The Slug Club"
PONDER THIS
"Look, Scabbers probably had a fight with another rat or something! He's been in my family for ages, right -" "Twelve years, in fact," said Lupin. "Didn't you ever wonder why he was living so long?"	Book 3, Page 363 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 19, "The Servant of Lord Voldemort"

JKR Says Trevor is still lurking.

Names that Are Also Stars

Stars:
Alphard Black
Arcturus Black
Regulus Black (Regulus is the brightest star of the Leo Constellation)
Sirius Black
Merope Gaunt
Bellatrix (Black) Lestrange
Rabastan Lestrange - Named after the star Rastaban(?).

Constellations:
Andromeda Black (The Chained Maiden, The Flying Serpent)
Orion Black - The Belt of Orion Points to Sirius
Draco Malfoy

Links:

The Black Family and the Black Family Tree from the HP-Lexicon

The Harry Potter Astronomical Marathon by Mike Weinstein. An interesting read with background (& pictures) on more names than I listed.

Patronusus

Character	Patronus	Source
Harry Potter	Stag	Book 3, p. 411
Ron Weasley	Small Dog (Like a Jack Russell Terrier)	Rowling Interview
Cho Chang	Swan	Book 5, p. 606
Hermoine Granger	Otter	Book 5, p. 607
Dumbledore	Phoenix	Book 5, p. 560 Rowling Q&A

Why make Peter Pettigrew the Secret-Keeper?

Quote	Source
"James Potter told Dumbledore that Black would die rather than tell where they were, that Black was planning to go into hiding himself ... and yet, Dumbledore remained worried. I remember him offering to be the Potters' Secret-Keeper himself." "He suspected Black?" gasped Madam Rosmerta. "He was sure that somebody close to the Potters had been keeping You-Know-Who informed of their movements," said Professor McGonagall darkly. "Indeed, he had suspected for some time that someone on our side had turned traitor and was passing a lot of information to You-Know-Who."	Book 3, Page 205 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 10, "The Marauder's Map"
"But then...," Lupin muttered, staring at Black so intently it seemed he was trying to read his mind, "... why hasn't he shown himself before now? Unless" - Lupin's eyes suddenly widened, as though he was seeing something beyond Black, something one of the rest could see, "-unless he was the one ... unless you switched ... without telling me? Very slowly, his sunken gaze never leaving Lupin's face, Black nodded.	Book 3, Page 344 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 17, "Cat, Rat and Dog"
"I persuaded Lily and James to change to Peter at the last moment, persuaded them to use him as Secret-Keeper instead of me. ... I'm to blame, I know it."	Book 3, Page 365 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 19, "The Servant of Lord Voldemort"
"Remus!" Pettigrew squeaked, turning to Lupin instead, writhing imploringly in front of him. "You don't believe this ... wouldn't Sirius have told you they'd changed the plan?" "Not if he thought I was the spy, Peter," said Lupin. "I assume that's why you didn't tell me, Sirius?" he said casually over Pettigrew's head. "Forgive me, Remus," said Black. "Not at all, Padfoot, old friend," said Lupin, who was now rolling up his sleeves. "And will you, in turn, forgive me for believing you were the spy?" "Of course," said Black, ...	Book 3, Page 373 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 19, "The Servant of Lord Voldemort"
"Lily and James only made you Secret-Keeper because I suggested it," Black hissed, so venomously that Pettigrew took a step backward. "I thought it was the perfect plan ... a bluff. ... Voldemort would be sure to come after me, would never dream they'd use a weak talentless thing like you."	Book 3, Page 369 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 19, "The Servant of Lord Voldemort" Spoken by Snape.
PONDER THIS
"I myself gave evidence to the Ministry that Sirius had been the Potters' Secret Keeper."	Book 3, Page 392 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 21, "Hermione's Secret" Spoken by Dumbledore.
"You'd have died like your father, too arrogant to believe you might be mistaken in Black -"	Book 3, Page 361 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 19, "The Servant of Lord Voldemort" Spoken by Snape.

Too much sliding down the Ramparts?

Quote	Source
Standing against the ramparts, very white in the face, Dumbledore still showed no sign of panic or distress. He merely looked across at his disarmer and said, "Good evening, Draco."	Page 584
"Yeah, well, you still didn't realize who was behind that stuff, did you?" sneered Malfory, as Dumbledore slid a little down the ramparts, the strength in his legs apparently fading, and Harry struggled fruitlessly, mutely, against the enchantment binding him.	Page 587
"Isn't that the secret method of communication the group that called themselves Dumbledore's Army used last year?" asked Dumbledore. His voice was light and conversational, but Harry saw him slip an inch lower down the wall as he said it.	Page 589
"Yes, I do," said Dumbledore, and Harry saw his feet slide a little on the floor as he struggled to remain upright.	Page 589
Malfoy was showing less resolution than ever. He looked terrified as he stared into Dumbledore's face, which was even paler, and rather lower than usual, as he had slid so far down the rampart wall.	Page 594
...at that precise moment, the door to the ramparts burst open once more and there stood Snape, his wand clutched in his hand as his black eyes swept the scene, from Dumbledore slumped against the wall, to the four Death Eaters, including the enraged werewolf, and Malfoy.	Page 595

Source: Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 27, The Lightening Struck Tower

Faked Their Own Death

Character	Quote	Source
Peter Pettigrew, as "Peter"	"Wormtail here, who had faked his own death to escape justice..."	Book 4, Page 654 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 33, "The Death Eaters"
Peter Pettigrew, as "Scabbers"	..."Peter had left blood on the sheets. ... I supposed he bit himself. ... Well faking his death had worked once. ..."	Book 3, Page 364 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 19, "The Servant of Lord Voldemort"
Barty Crouch, Jr.	"My mother died a short while afterward in Azkaban. She was careful to drink Polyjuice Potion until the end. She was buried under my name and bearing my appearance. Everyone believed her to be me."	Book 4, Page 684 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 35, "Veritaserum"
Horace Slughorn	"What gave it away?" he grunted as he staggered to his feet, still rubbing his lower belly. He seemed remarkably unabashed for a man who had just been discovered pretending to be an armchair. "My dear Horace," said Dumbledore, looking amused, "if the Death Eaters really had come to call, the Dark Mark would have been set over the house."	Book 6, Page 64 Half Blood Prince, Chapter 4, "Horace Slughorn"
PONDER THIS
"He cannot kill you if you are already dead. Come over to the right side, Draco, and we can hide you more completely than you can possibly imagine."		Book 6, Pages 591-592 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 27, "The Lightening-Struck Tower" US Hard Cover Only

Mercy

Quote	Source
"Not Harry, not Harry, please not Harry!" "Stand aside, you silly girl...standaside, now..." "Not Harry, please no, take me, kill me instead-" "Not Harry! Please...have mercy...have mercy...."	Book 3, Page 179 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 9, "Grim Defeat"
"...They died begging me for mercy..." "LIAR!" Harry shouted suddenly."	Book 1, Page 294 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 17, "The Man With Two Faces"
"Harry, James wouldn't have wanted me killed. ... James would have understood, Harry ... he would have shown me mercy. ..."	Book 3, Page 374 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 19, "The Servant of Lord Voldemort"
Malfoy stared at Dumbledore. "But I got this far, didin't I?" he said slowly. ... "I'm the one with the wand. ... You're at my mercy. ..." "No, Draco," said Dumbledore quietly. "It is my mercy, and not yours that matters now."	Book 6, Page 592 Half Blood Prince, Chapter 27, "The Lightning Struck Tower"

The Founders Under the School

Element (House)	Quote	Source
Air (Ravenclaw)	He lowered himself through the hole until he was hanging on by his fingertips. ... And Harry let go. Cold, damp air rushed past him as he fell down, down, down... ... The distant music stopped. There was a loud bark from the dog, but Hermione had already jumped. She landed on Harry's other side. "We must be miles under the school," she said.	Book 1, Pages 276-277 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 16, "Through the Trapdoor"
Water (Slytherin)	He lowered himself slowly into the pipe, then let go. It was like rushing down an endless, slimy, dark slide. He could see more pipes branching off in all directions, but none as large as theirs, which twisted and turned, sloping steeply downward, and he knew that he was falling deeper below the school than even the dungeons. ... "We must be miles under the school," said Harry, his voice echoing in the black tunnel. "Under the lake, probably," said Ron, squinting around at the dark, slimy walls.	Book 2, Page 301 Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 16, "The Chamber of Secrets"
Earth (Hufflepuff)	Harry traced the secret passage to Honeydukes with his finger. ... ...the statue's hump opened wide enough to admit a fairly thin person. Harry ... hoisted himself into the hole headfirst and pushed himself forward. He slid a considerable way down what felt like a stone slide, then landed on cold, damp earth. ... The passage twisted and turned, more like the burrow of a giant rabbit than anything else.	Book 3, Pages 194-195 Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 10, "The Marauder's Map"
Fire (Gryffindor)	tbd	tbd - Book 7?

Humble Prediction - We have still to see a secret room in Hogwarts related to Gryffindor/Fire.

UPDATE - 7/19/07:
Here are two guesses on the location of the secret Gryffindor room:

Guess #1) Through the fireplace in the North Tower (Trelawney's classrom). This ties in with Gryffindors, Towers and fire as well as the mention of the fireplace in her classroom.

Guess #2) Through the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom - thus explaining another reason Voldemort wanted the Defense Against the Dark Arts job.

The Elements in Gringotts

Harry, who had expected more marble, was surprised. They were in a narrow stone passageway lit with flaming torches.
...
Harry's eyes stung as the cold air rushed past them, but he kept them wide open. Once, he thought he saw a burst of fire at the end of a passage and twisted around to see if it was a dragon, but too late - they plunged even deeper, passing an underground lake where huge stalactites and stalagmites grew from the celing and floor.
Sorcerer's Stone - Page 74

Symbols of the Founders - Animals and Elements

House	Element	Source	Animal	Source
Gryffindor	Fire	See Elements Quote Below	Lion	Book 4, Page 237
Slytherin	Water		Snake
Ravenclaw	Air		Eagle
Hufflepuff	Earth		Badger

The Elements Quote:
JKR: Probably. I hear you. It is the tradition to have four houses, but in this case, I wanted them to correspond roughly to the four elements. So Gryffindor is fire, Ravenclaw is air, Hufflepuff is earth, and Slytherin is water, hence the fact that their common room is under the lake. So again, it was this idea of harmony and balance, that you had four necessary components and by integrating them you would make a very strong place. But they remain fragmented, as we know.
Source: Accio-Quote

Links:

Table at HP-Lexicon includes the Ghost, Animal, Colors and Head of each House.

In the House Points page HP-Lexicon lists the Jewels of Gryffindor (Rubies), Slytherin (Emeralds) and Ravenclaw (Sapphires).

What did Flamel and Dumbledore Work on?

Given their ages, it appears that Nicolas Flamel created the Sorcerer's Stone long before Dumbledore was born:

Character	Age	Quote	Source
Nicolas Flamel	650	"Mr. Flamel, who celebrated his six hundred and sixty-fifth birthday last year, enjoys a quiet life in Devon with his wife, perenelle (six hundred and fifty-eight)."	Book 1, Page 220 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 13, "Nicolas Flamel"
Albus Dumbledore	150	Question: How old is old in the wizarding world, and how old are Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall? J.K. Rowling responds: Dumbledore is a hundred and fifty, and Professor McGonagall is a sprightly seventy. Wizards have a much longer life expectancy than Muggles. (Harry hasn't found out about that yet.)	JKRowling Quote

Yet, Dumbledore worked on alchemy with Nicolas Flamel:

Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas Flamel.
Sorcerer's Stone, Page 103

Analysis Books I've Read - February 2007

Book	Notes
	A collection of essays published after Order of the Phoenix but before the Half Blood Prince. Different authors and different voices. Good graphics. Thought provoking points and positions.
	An analysis book by the authors of Mugglenet. Comprehensive. Generally consistent writing style. Safe predictions for book 7. Good backup evidence.

Snape's Eyes

An essay on Harry Potter Lexicon (read the Essay here) investigates how often Snape is mentioned accompanied with a description of what's going on with his eyes (approximately 2/3 of the time!) as well as a table documenting each incidence.

In perusing the table I was surprised to notice a lot of references to Snape's eyes as "glittering."

The Hogwarts Song

"Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts,
Teach us something please,
Whether we be old and bald
Or young with scabby knees,
Our heads could do with filling
With some interesting stuff,
For now they're bare and full of air,
Dead flies and bits of fluff,
So teach us things worth knowing,
Bring back what we've forgot,
Just do your best, we'll do the rest,
And learn until our brains all rot."

Source: Book 1, page 128
The Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 7, The Sorting Hat

Other:
We haven't heard the school song since the first book. Did the teachers rebel against it?

Dumbledore called for the school song when he was feeling particularly buoyant, but times are becoming ever darker in the wizarding world. Should Dumbledore ever suggest a rousing encore, you may assume that he is on top form once more.
Source: JKRowling Website.

Tom Riddle Bullied These Orphans

Person	Quote	Source
Billy Stubbs	"Well, Tom said he didn't do it and I don't see how he could have done, but even so, it didn't hang itself from the rafters did it?	Book 6, Page 267 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 13, "The Secret Riddle"
Amy Benson Dennis Bishop	..."on the summer outing - we take them out, you know, once a year to the countryside or to the seaside - well, Amy Benson and Dennis Bishop were never quite right afterwards, and all we ever got out of them was that they'd gone into a cave with Tom Riddle. He swore they'd just gone exploring, but something happened in there, I'm sure of it." ... "I never did anything to little Amy Benson or Dennis Bishop, and you can ask them, they'll tell you!"	Book 5, Pages 268, 270 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 13, "The Secret Riddle"

Mrs. Finnigan

Quote	Source
"I'm half-and-half," said Seamus. "Me dad's a Muggle. Mom didn't tell him she was a witch 'til after they were married. Bit of a nasty shock for him."	Book 1, Page 125 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 7, "The Sorting Hat"
"Like the decorations?" said Seamus, grinning. "The Ministry's not too happy." "Ah, why shouldn't we show our colors?" said Mrs. Finnigan. "You should see what the Bulgarians have got dangling all over their tents. You'll be supporting Ireland, of course?" she added, eyeing Harry, Ron, and Hermione beadily. When they assured her that they were indeed supporting Ireland, they set off again, though, as Ron said, "Like we'd say anything else surrounded by that lot."	Book 4, Page 82 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 7, "Bagman and Crouch"
"She didn't want me to come back to Hogwarts." ... "But-why?" said Harry, astonished. He knew that Seamus's mother was a witch and could not understand, therefore, why she should have come over so Dursley-ish. Seamus did not answer until he had finished buttoning his pajamas. "Well," he said in a measured voice, "I suppose...because of you." "What d'you mean?" said Harry quickly. His heart was beating rather fast. He felt vaguely as though something was closing in on him. "Well," said Seamus again, still avoiding Harry's eyes, "she...er ... well, it's not just you, it's Dumbledore too..." "She believes the Daily Prophet?" said Harry. "She thinks I'm a liar and Dumbledore's an old fool?" Seamus looked up at him. "Yeah something like that." Harry said nothing. ... He was sick of it; ... Mrs. Finnigan had no idea, the stupid woman, he thought savagely. ... "Just read the Daily Prophet like your mother, why don't you?..." "Don't you have a go at my mother," snapped Seamus. ... Ron appeared in the doorway. His wide eyes traveled from Harry, who was kneeling on his bed with his wand pointing at Seamus, to Seamus who was standing there with his fists raised. "He's having a go at my mother!" Seamus yelled. "What?" said Ron. "Harry wouldn't do that - we met your mother, we liked her..." "That's before she started believing every word the stinking Daily Prophet writes about me! said Harry at the top of his voice. ... "Anyone else's parents got a problem with Harry?" he said aggressively. "My parents are Muggles, mate," said Dean shrugging. "They don't know anothing about no deaths at Hogwarts, because I'm not stupid enough to tell them. "You don't know my mother, she'll weasel anything out of anyone!" Seamus snapped at him.	Book 5, Page 217-219 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 11, "The Sorting Hat's New Song"
Seamus Finnigan, on the other hand, refused point-blank to accompany his mother home; they had a shouting match in the entrance hall that was resolved when she agreed that he could remain behind for the funeral.	Book 6, Page 633 Half Blood Prince, Chapter 30, "The White Tomb"
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Sometimes, Harry noticed, the hat shouted out the house at once, but at others it took a little while to decide. "Finnigan, Seamus," the sandy-haired boy next to Harry in the line, sat on the stool for almost a whole minute before the hat declared him a Gryffindor.	Book 1, Page 120 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 7, "The Sorting Hat"

Is there a missing hour?

Quote	Source
Snape strode forward, past Dumbledore, pulling up the left sleeve of his robes as he went. He stuck out his forearm and showed it to Fudge, who recoiled. "There," said Snape harshly. "There. The Dark Mark. It is not as clear as it was an hour or so ago, when it burned black, but you can still see it." ... "Severus," said Dumbledore, turning to Snape, "you know what I must ask you to do. If you are ready ... if you are prepared ..." "I am," said Snape. ... "Then good luck," said Dumbledore, and he watched with a trace of apprehension on his face, as Snape swept wordlessly after Sirius."	Book 4, Pages 709-710,713 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 36, "The Parting of the Ways"
"But you didn't return when he came back, you didn't fly back to him at once when you felt the Dark Mark burn -" "Correct. I returned two hours later. I returned on Dumbledore's orders." "On Dumbledore's -?" she began, in tones of outrage. "Think!" said Snape, impatient again. "Think!" By waiting two hours, just two hours, I ensured that I could remain at Hogwarts as a spy!"	Book 6, Page 28 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 2, "Spinner's End"

Film Box Office Figures

A table of the box office gross (expressed in US$) for each Harry Potter film was made by: the-numbers.com. Includes budgets.

IMDB has a table of All time Box Office Gross including, as of 2/23/07:

• Sorcerer's Stone at #17
• Goblet of Fire at #26
• The Chamber of Secrets at #31
• Prisoner of Azkaban at #38

Links:
Harry_Potter_(films) Entry and Harry Potter Films Category on Wikipedia

Who is Broderick Bode?

Quote	Source
"... and that's Bode and Croaker ... they're Unspeakables..." "They're what?" "From the Department of Mysteries, top secret, no idea what they get up to ..."	Book 4, Page 86 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 7, "Bagman and Crouch"
...a sallow-skinned wizard with a very mournful face got in. "Morning, Arthur," he said in a sepulchral voice as the lift begain to descend. "Don't often see you down here. ..." "Urgent business, Bode," said Mr. Weasley, who was bouncing on the balls of his feet and throwing anxious looks over at Harry. "Ah, yes," said Bode, surveying Harry unblinkingly. "Of course." Harry barely had emotion to spare for Bode, but his unfaltering gaze did not make him feel any more comfortable.	Book 5, Page 135 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 7, "The Ministry of Magic"
A very old, stooped wizard with a hearing trumpet had shuffled to the front of the queue now. "I'm here to see Broderick Bode!" he wheezed. "Ward forty-nine, but I'm afraid you're wasting your time," said the witch dismissively. "He's completely addled, you know, still thinks he's a teapot. ... Next!"	Book 5, Page 486 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 22, "St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries"
"...and we've seen a real improvement in Mr. Bode, he seems to be regaining the power of speech very well, though he isn't speaking any language we recognize yet."	Book 5, Page 511 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 23, "Christmas on the Closed Ward"
"And look, Broderick, you've been sent a potted plant and a lovely calendar with a different fancy hippogriff for each month, they'll brighten things up, won't they?" said the Healer, bustling along to the mumbling man, setting a rather ugly plant with long, swaying tentacles on the bedside cabinet and fixing the calendar to the wall with her wand.	Book 5, Page 512 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 23, "Christmas on the Closed Ward"
TRAGIC DEMISE OF MINISTRY OF MAGIC WORKER St. Mungo's Hospital promised a full inquiry last night after Ministry of Magic worker, Broderick Bode, 49, was discovered dead in his bed, strangled by a potted-plant. Healers called to the scene were unable to revive Mr. Bode, who had been injured in a workplace accident some weeks prior to his death. ... "St. Mungo's deeply regrets the death of Mr. Bode, whose health was improving steadily prior to this tragic accident. ... "Bode ..." said Ron. "Bode. It rings a bell ..." "We saw him," Hermione whispered. "In St. Mungo's remember? He was in the bed opposite Lockhart's just lying there, staring at the ceiling. ... "I met Bode," he said slowly. "I saw him at the Ministry with your dad ..." Ron's mouth fell open. "I've heard Dad talk about him at home! He was an Unspeakable - he worked in the Department of Mysteries!"	Book 5, Pages 546-548 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 25, "The Beetle at Bay"
"Someone made a prophecy about Voldemort and me?" he said quietly, ..."Why couldn't he come and get it himself?" ... "So he's got you doing his dirty work for him, has he?" said Harry. "Like he tried to get Sturgis to steal it - and Bode?"	Book 5, Pages 786-787 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 35, "Beyond the Veil"

Links:
Broderick Bode at hp-lexicon

What did Lupin Discover?

Quote	Source
Lupin had pulled out a book and was reading, Sirius stared around at the students milling over the grass, looking rather haughty and bored, but very handsomely so. ... "I'm bored," said Sirius. "Wish it was full moon." "You might," said Lupin darkly from behind his book. "We've still got Transfiguration, if you're bored you could test me. ... Here." He held out his book. Sirius snorted. "I don't need to look at that rubbish, I know it all." ... Snape was on his feet again, and was stowing the O.W.L. paper in his bag. As he emerged from the shadows of the bushes and set off across the grass, Sirius and James stood up. Lupin and Wormtail remained sitting: Lupin was still staring down at his book, though his eyes were not moving and a faint frown line had appeared between his eyebrows. Wormtail was looking from Sirius and James to Snape with a look of avid anticipation on his face. ... Many of the surrounding watchers laughed, Sirius and Wormtail included, but Lupin, still apparently intent on his book, didn't, and neither did Lily.	Book 5, Pages 645, 647 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 28, "Snape's Worst Memory"
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"Your father, on the other hand, favored a mahogany wand. Eleven inches. Pliable. A little more power and excellent for transfiguration. Well, I say your father favored it - it's really the wand that chooses the wizard, of course."	Book 1, Page 82 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 5, "Diagon Alley" Mr. Olivander

Dumbledore's Adventure

Quote	Source
"After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure."	Book 1, Page 297 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 17, "The Man With Two Faces"
"And now, Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure."	Book 6, Page 56 Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 3, "Will and Won't" Leaving Privet Drive

Dumbledore doesn't need an Invisibility Cloak

Quote	Source
"I don't need a cloak to become invisible," said Dumbledore gently.	Book 1, Page 213 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 12, "Mirror of Erised"
Your father left this in my possession before he died. It is time it was returned to you. Use it well. A Very Merry Christmas to you.	Book 1, Page 202 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 12, "Mirror of Erised"
When he had found his voice again, Harry said, "And the invisiblity cloak - do you know who sent it to me?" "Ah - your father happened to leave it in my possession and I thought you might like it." Dumbledore's eyes twinkled. "Useful things ... your father used it mainly for sneaking off to the kitchens to steal food when he was here."	Book 1, Page 299 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 17, "The Man with Two Faces"

This table was inspired by a thought provoking essay found on BeyondHogwarts.com titled Why did Dumbledore have James' cloak?

The Intent is the Thing

Quote	Source
"How did I get the Stone out of the mirror?" "Ah, now, I'm glad you asked me that. It was one of my more brilliant ideas, and between you and me, that's saying something. You see, only one who wanted to find the Stone - find it, but not use it - would be able to get it..."	Book 1, Page 300 Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 17, "The Man with Two Faces"
"There's a loophole in the law, you'll find ... As long as he wasn't intending to fly the car, the fact that the car could fly wouldn't -" "Arthur Weasley, you made sure there was a loophole when you wrote that law!" shouted Mrs. Weasley.	Book 2, Page 39 Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 3, "The Burrow"

Powerful Transition

Quote	Source
... said Dumbledore... "I do not think you need worry about being attacked tonight." "Why not, sir?" "You are with me," said Dumbledore simply. "This will do, Harry."	Book 6, Pages 57-58 Half Blood Prince, Chapter 4, "Horace Slughorn"
"I am not worried, Harry," said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. "I am with you."	Book 6, Page 578 Half Blood Prince, Chapter 26, "The Cave" Returning to Hogwarts.

Design of the Dark Mark

Quote	Source
Harry, fear spreading up his numb legs, watched Riddle stop between the high pillars and look up into the stone face of Slytherin, high above him in the half-darkness. Riddle opened his mouth wide and hissed - but Harry understood what he was waying... "Speak to me, Slytherin, greatest of the Hogwarts Four." ... "Slytherin's gigantic stone face was moving. Horrorstruck, Harry saw his mouth opening wider and wider to make a huge black hole. And something was stirring inside the statue's mouth. Something was slitering up from its depths. ... Something huge hit the stone floor of the Chamber. Harry felt it shudder - he knew what was happening, he could sense it, could almost see the giant serpent uncoiling itself from Slytherin's mouth."	Book 2, Pages 317-318 Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 17, "The Heir of Slytherin"
Then he realized that it was a colossal skull, comprised of what looked like emerald stars, with a serpent protruding from its mouth like a tongue. As they watched, it rose higher and higher blazing in a haze of greenish smoke, etched against the black sky like a new constellation. ... "It's the Dark Mark, Harry!" Hermione moaned, pulling him as hard as she could. "You-Know-Who's sign!"	Book 4, Pages 128-129 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 9, "The Dark Mark"
Voldemort bent down and pulled out Wormtail's left arm; he forced the sleeve of Wormtail's robes up past his elbow, and Harry saw something upon the skin there, something like a vivid red tattoo - a skull with a snake protruding from its mouth - the image that had appeared in the sky at the Quidditch World Cup: the Dark Mark.	Book 4, Pages 645 Goblet of Fire, Chapter 33, "The Death Eaters"
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Harry remembered how the snakelike face of Voldemort had once forced itself out of the back of Professor Quirrell's head, and he ran his hand over the back of his own, wondering what it would feel like if Voldemort burst out of his skull. ...	Book 5, Page 492 Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 23, "Christmas on the Closed Ward"

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