That's a really good point. maybe JK didn't want to bring them into the story until the fifth book.

EDIT: found the answer

from Mugglenet: Harry is able to see the Thestrals at the beginning of Order of the Phoenix. It is later explained that you can see them after you have seen death. Harry had seen the death of his mother and possibly his father before he saw Cedric Diggory die, so why didn't he see the Thestrals before? -

JKR's response: You can't see them until the death "sinks in."

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Queen Arwen and PippinTookLover, you both are in. Welcome!

My favourite Fred quote is:

"Give her Mordor from us, Peeves."

Hey, let's all post some of our favourite HP quotes to keep this thread going. I'll do mine in a minute. I need to take a visit to MuggleNet.....

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May I join, Varda?!


I won't be very active but I'll try to!

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ah okay thanx for that

Quotes?! Yay I love quotes!!!!

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

That ones a classic


I see that lots of people go to mugglenet here (awesome site) so what layout do you use when your there? There's a thing on your right where you can pick different layouts. I love the Draco one

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Yes, Kitoky, you can join. I use either one of the HBP layouts. Right now I'm using the other one, not the one with the 'fake horcrux'.

FAV QUOTES:

FRED AND GEORGE:
"Give her (mordor) from us, Peeves." (and the whole scene before this)
"So all we have to do is ask the crowd to turn their backs and talk among themselves every time the Quaffle goes up on his end Saturday."
'What are Fred and I? Next door neighbours?"

RON:
"Well, that clears that up. It would have been really annoying if you hadn't explained yourself properly."
"...from now on, I don't care if my tea leaves spell 'die, Ron, die,' I'm chucking them in the bin where they belong."

HARRY:
"Brilliant! It's Potions last thing on Friday! Snape won't have the time to poison us all!"
"But I could do with a few laughs. We could all do with a few laughs. I've got a feeling we're going to need them more than usual before long."
"Dumbledore's man through and through. That's right."

DUMBLEDORE( ):
"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."
"It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be."
"I am not worried, Harry. I am with you."

SIRIUS:
"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."
"You are truly your father's son, Harry..."

HAGRID:
"What's comin' will come, an' we'll meet it when it does."
"Yeh did as much as yer father would've done, an' I can' give yeh no higher praise than that."

OTHERS:
"Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a professor." - The Marauder's Map
"The thing about growing up with Fred and George is that you sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve." - Ginny Weasley
"Sometimes you remind me a lot of James. He called it my 'furry little problem' in company. Many people were under the impression that I owned a badly behaved rabbit." - Remus Lupin
"You'd better hurry up, they'll be waiting for 'the Chosen Captain'-- 'The Boy Who Scored'-- whatever they call you these days." - Draco Malfoy
"It's time your grandmother learned to be proud of the grandson she's got, rather than the one she thinks she ought to have." - McGonagall
"You said to us once before that there was time to turn back if we wanted to. We've had time, haven't we?" - Hermione

WOW! That was long!

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hey guys, if you like rpg forums, I know a great HP one, it's http://harryrp.conforums.com/index.cgi if you join tell the headmaster that I referred you. ob, btw, I'm PansyParkinson on there

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Awesome quotes Varda!! My faves are:

Harry

"He was my mum and dad's best friend. He's a convicted murderer, but he's broken out of wizard prison and he's on the run. He likes to keep in touch with me, though...keep up with news...check if I'm happy..."

"Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head!"

"Well, I had one that I was playing Quidditch the other night, what do you think that means?"
"Probably that you're going to be eaten by a giant marshmallow or something,"

"Listening to the news," said Harry in a resigned voice.
His aunt and uncle exchanged looks of outrage.
"Listening to the news! Again?"
"Well, it changes every day, you see,"

Ron

"There you go, Harry! You weren't being thick after all -- you were just showing moral fiber!"

"Percy wouldn't recognize a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing Dobby's tea-cozy."

"Well, that clears that up," said Ron. "It would have been really annoying if you hadn't explained yourself properly."

Hermione

"Just because you've got the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have."

""I hope you're pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed-or worse, expelled. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to bed."

""Ron, you are the most insensitive wart I have ever had the misfortune to meet."

Fred and George

"Give her hell from us, Peeves."

"Make way for the heir of Slytherin, seriously evil wizard [Harry] coming through..."

"You don't want to bottle your anger up like that, Harry, let it all out, there might be a couple people fifty miles away who didn't hear you."

""Hey, look - Harry's got a Weasley sweater, too!"
"Harry's is better than ours, though,"
"She obviously makes more of an effort if you're not family."
"Why aren't you wearing yours, Ron? Come on, get it on, they're lovely and warm."
"I hate maroon,"
"You haven't got a letter on yours, I suppose she thinks you don't forget your name. But we're not stupid - we know we're called Gred and Forge."

'What are Fred and I? Next door neighbours?"

"No, E," George corrected her, "E for 'Exceeds Expectations.' And I've always thought Fred and I should've got E in everything, because we exceeded expectations just by turning up for the exams."

Draco

"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?"

"You're in luck, Weasley, Potter's obviously spotted some money on the ground!"

"You'd better hurry up, they'll be waiting for 'the Chosen Captain'-- 'The Boy Who Scored'-- whatever they call you these days."

Dumbledore

"By all means continue destroying my possessions. I daresay I have too many."

"To the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure."

"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

"Fear of a name increases fear of a thing itself."

"Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them."

"Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!"

"You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be."

"It's lucky it's dark...I haven't blushed so much since Madame Pomfrey told me she liked my new earmuffs."

“I see a light in the kitchen. Let us not deprive Molly any longer of the chance to deplore how thin you are.â€

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Great quotes! Yeah, Lockhart's lines are funny! And Wood's!

"I booked this field! I booked it!!!"

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So I don't have the same birthday as any of the cast but I do have the same birthday as Draco Malfoy!!! June 5th!! Yay! That's awesome!

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I voted for Sirius. I guess no one likes Harry as their fav. character.

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My vote goes to Lupin! No one has voted for Harry?Weird

I wish to join this little group.

Voted Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.

As he is to me the best character of the series.

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Some quotes I like

Harry

"Well, I had one that I was playing Quidditch the other night," said Ron, screwing up his face in an effort to remember. "What do you think that means?"
"Probably that you're going to be eaten by a giant marshmallow or something," said Harry, turning the pages of The Dream Oracle without interest.

"Harry, don't go picking a row with Malfoy, don't forget, he's a prefect now, he could make life difficult for you..."
"Wow, I wonder what it'd be like to have a difficult life?" said Harry sarcastically.

McG

"I should have made my meaning plainer," said Professor McGonagall, turning at last to look at Umbridge directly in the eyes. "He has achieved high marks in all Defense Against the Dark Arts tests set by a competent teacher."

"Are you quite sure you wouldn't like a cough drop, Dolores?"

Other

Moody

"And do I look like the kind of man that can be intimidated?" barked Uncle Vernon.
"Well..." said Moody, pushing back his bowler hat to reveal his sinisterly revolving eye. Uncle Vernon lept backward in horror and collided painfully with a luggage trolley. "Yes, I'd have to say you do, Dursley."

Phineas Nigellus

"You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts...but you cannot deny he's got style..."

Horace Slughorn

"I have had it all tested for poison," he assured Harry, pouring most of the first bottle into one of Hagrid's bucket-sized mugs and handing it to Hagrid. "Had a house-elf taste every bottle after what happened to your poor friend, Rupert."

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Welcome, Callondhaer! Nice quotes!

Yeah, I guess not many people like Harry as their fav. He's one of the many that I like, but if I had to chose one, it would be Lupin!

Cool, Beriadanwen! I wish I had the same b-day as someone in the book. I guess no one's b-day is one July 24th. It's a day after Daniel Radcliffe's, though.

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I like Harry... put i vote for Hermione... don'y know why... i thought lots of people would've vote for him so.......
I was wrong !! anyway i like his character.... and i like hermione too...

By the way... Can i join ?

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They both are very good characters. Out of the trio I like Ron the best, though! And, yes; you can join!

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