Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Chapter 36 Quotes
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Chapter 36 Quotes
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Quote 1
"One of us?" jeered Voldemort, and his whole body was taut and his red eyes stared, a snake that was about to strike. You think it will be you, do you, the boy who has survived by accident, and because Dumbledore was pulling the strings?"
"Accident, was it, when my mother died to save me?" asked Harry. […] "Accident, when I decided to fight in that graveyard? Accident, that I didn't defend myself tonight, and still survived, and returned to fight again?"
"Accidents!" screamed Voldemort, but still he did not strike. […] "Accident and chance and the fact that you crouched and sniveled behind the skirts of greater men and women, and permitted me to kill them for you!" (36.95-97)
Yet again, Voldemort makes the fatal error of underestimating the choices and deliberate actions of others, assuming that only his choices matter.
Quote 2
"You show spirit and bravery, and you come of noble stock. You will make a very valuable Death Eater. We need your kind, Neville Longbottom."
"I'll join you when hell freezes over," said Neville. "Dumbledore's Army!" he shouted, and there was an answering cheer from the crowd… (36.54)
Neville's good-evil compass never wavers, even when Voldemort tries to tempt him over to the dark side. It would never work – he's a true Gryffindor through and through, and is loyal and courageous to the bone. He's certainly not the second coming of Peter Pettigrew, as we once feared.
Quote 3
"NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU B****!" (36.78)
Language alert! We've see Mrs. Weasley upset before, but never really enraged – yet, here, after Bellatrix Lestrange threatened Ginny's life, this angry mama bear rushes out to savagely defend her cub. Her maternal love is the fuel to her fire, and she will do anything to save her family – like another mother we've just seen, Narcissa Malfoy.