HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRY POTTER!!!!

July 31st, birthday of Harry Potter.

Harry James Potter: The Boy Who Lived, The Chosen One, Savior of the Wizard World.

(Quotes and Harry Potter belong to JK Rowling, bold all from Harry Potter books, movies, or JK Rowling."

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Dumbledore turned and walked back down the street. On the corner he stopped and took out the silver Put-Outer. He clicked it once, and twelve balls of light sped back to their street lamps so that Privet Drive glowed suddenly orange and he could make out a tabby cat slinking around the corner at the other end of the street. He could just see the bundle of blankets on the step of number four.

"Good luck, Harry," he murmured. He turned on his heel and with a swish of his cloak, he was gone.

A breeze ruffled the neat hedges of Privet Drive, which lay silent and tidy under the inky sky, the very last place you would expect
astonishing things to happen. Harry Potter rolled over inside his
blankets without waking up. One small hand closed on the letter beside him and he slept on, not knowing he was special, not knowing he was famous, not knowing he would be woken in a few hours' time by Mrs. Dursley's scream as she opened the front door to put out the milk bottles, nor that he would spend the next few weeks being prodded and pinched by his cousin Dudley... He couldn't know that at this very moment, people meeting in secret all over the country were holding up their glasses and saying in hushed voices: "To Harry Potter -- the boy who lived!"

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"Harry - you're a great wizard, you know."
"I'm not as good as you," said Harry, very embarrassed, as she let go of him.
"Me!" said Hermione. "Books! And cleverness! There are more important things - friendship and bravery and - oh Harry - be careful!"

[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone book]

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"Least I could do, Dobby," said Harry, grinning. "Just promise never to try and save my life again."

[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets book]

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"There's no Hogwarts without you, Hagrid.

[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets movie]

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"I don't go looking for trouble," said Harry, nettled. "Trouble usually finds me."

[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban book]

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"What - live with you?" he said, accidentally cracking his head on a bit of rock protruding from the ceiling. "Leave the Dursleys?"
"Of course, I thought you wouldn't want to," said Black quickly. "I understand, I just thought I'd -"
"Are you insane?" said Harry, his voice easily as croaky as Black's. "Of course I want to leave the Dursleys! Have you got a house? When can I move in?"

[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban book]

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"It's not," said Harry cheerfully. "It's a letter from my godfather."
"Godfather?" sputtered Uncle Vernon. "You haven't got a godfather!"
"Yes, I have," said Harry brightly. "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 my news . . . check if I'm happy. . . ."

[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban book]

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[Ron and Hermione ask Harry about his first kiss with Cho]
Ron Weasley: Well? How was it?
Harry Potter: Wet. I mean, she was sort of crying.
Ron Weasley: [laughs] That bad at it, are you?
Hermione Granger: I'm sure Harry's kissing was more than satisfactory. Cho spends half her time crying these days.
Ron Weasley: You'd think a bit of snogging would cheer her up.
Hermione Granger: Don't you understand how she must be feeling? Well, obviously she's feeling sad about Cedric, and therefore confused about liking Harry, guilty about kissing him, conflicted because Umbridge is pressing to sack her mum from the Ministry, and frightened about failing her OWLs because she's so busy worrying about everything else.
Ron Weasley: One person couldn't feel all that. They'd explode!
Hermione Granger: Just because you've got the emotional range of a teaspoon...

[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie]

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Harry Potter: You're the weak one. And you'll never know love,or friendship. And I feel sorry for you.

[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie]

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Harry Potter: Working hard is important, but there's something that matters even more. Believing in yourself. Think of it this way: Every great wizard in history has started out as nothing more than we are now. Students. If they can do it, why not us?

[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie]

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She's Ron's sister.
But she's ditched Dean!
She's still Ron's sister.
I'm his best mate!
That'll make it worse.
If I talked to him first -
He'd hit you.
What if I don't care?
He's your best mate!

[Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince book]

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"He [Dumbledore] will only be gone from the school when none here are loyal to him."

[Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince book]

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"I am about to die."

[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book]

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"You'll stay with me?"
"Until the very end," said James.

[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book]

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Harry Potter: Why are you here, all of you?
Lily Potter: We never left.
Harry Potter: Does it hurt, dying?
Sirius Black: Quicker than falling asleep.
James Potter: You're nearly there, son.
Harry Potter: I'm sorry. I never wanted any of you to die for me. And Remus, your son...
Remus Lupin: Others will tell him what his mother and father died for. One day, he'll understand.
Harry Potter: You'll stay with me?
James Potter: Until the end.
Harry Potter: And he (Voldemort) won't be able to see you?
Sirius Black: No. We're here, you see.
Harry Potter: Stay close to me.
Lily Potter: Always.

[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movie]

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"The wand's more trouble than it's worth. And quite honestly, I've had enough trouble for a lifetime."

[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book]

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"Albus Severus, you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew."

[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book]

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J.K. Rowling's dedication in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:

"And to you, if you have stuck with Harry until the very end."

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Happy Birthday, Harry James Potter.