Harry Potter Quotes

Favorite Quotes by Sirius Black

"If you made a better rat than a human, that's not much to boast about."

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"You should have died! Died rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you!"

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"This is how it is - this is why you're not in the Order - you don't understand - there are things worth dying for!"

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"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."

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"What was there to be gained by fighting the most evil wizard who has ever existed? Only innocent lives, Peter."

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"There's enough filth on my robes without you touching them."

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"You are truly your father's son, Harry..."

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"I'll look for him later, I expect I'll find him upstairs crying his eyes out over my mother's old bloomers or something...Of course, he might have crawled up into the airing cupboard and died...But I mustn't get my hopes up..."

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"Reading between the lines, I’d say she thinks you’re a bit conceited, mate."

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"Kreacher is cleaning," the elf repeated. "Kreacher lives to serve the noble house of Black--"
"--and it's getting blacker every day, it's filthy," said Sirius.

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"Keep muttering and I will be a murderer!"

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"Believe me. I never betrayed James and Lily. I would have died before I betrayed them."

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"Of course, any time the family produced someone halfway decent they were disowned."

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"Tell them whatever you like. But make it quick, Remus. I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for..."

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"D'you think your father and I would've lain down and taken orders from an old hag like Umbridge?"

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He was laughing at her. "Come on, you can do better than that!" he yelled, his voice echoing around the cavernous room. The second jet of light hit him squarely on the chest.

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"Dying? Not at all," said Sirius. "Quicker and easier than falling asleep."

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