J. K. Rowling Quotes About Son

Quotes about: Son

• Remus Lupin was supposed to be on the H.I.V. metaphor. It was someone who had been infected young, who suffered stigma, who had a fear of infecting others, who was terrified he would pass on his condition to his son. And it was a way of examining prejudice, unwarranted prejudice towards a group of people. And also, examining why people might become embittered when they're treated that unfairly.

  J. K. Rowling

  Son, People, Way

• Dumbledore paused, and although his voice remained light and calm, and he gave no obvious sign of anger, Harry felt a kind of chill emanating from him and noticed that the Dursleys drew very slightly closer together. “You did not do as I asked. You have never treated Harry as a son. He has known nothing but neglect and often cruelty at your hands. The best that can be said is that he has at least escaped the appalling damage you have inflicted upon the unfortunate boy sitting between you.

  J. K. Rowling

  Son, Boys, Hands

  J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, p.51, Pottermore

• Yes, there are parallels. The difference is that I just look at [my son] David and think that he's absolutely perfect, whereas you look at the finished book and you think, 'Oh, damn it, I should have changed that.' You're never happy. Whereas with a baby, you're happy. If you've got a perfect baby, you're just grateful.

  J. K. Rowling

  Wise, Witty, Baby

• He read the letter again, but could not take in any more meaning than he had done the first time and was reduced to staring at the handwriting itself. She had made her g's the same way he did : he searched through the letter for every one of them, and each felt like a friendly little wave glimpsed from behind a veil. The letter was an incredible treasure, proof that Lily Potter had lived, really lived, that her warm hand had once moved across this parchment, tracing ink into these letters, these words, words about him, Harry, her son.

  J. K. Rowling

  Son, Hands, Friendly

• I am sorry too," said Lupin. "Sorry I will never know [my son]... but he will know why I died and I hope he will understand I was trying to make a world in which he could live a happier life.

  J. K. Rowling

  Sorry, Son, Trying

• I have spied for you and lied for you, put myself in mortal danger for you. Everything was supposed to be to keep Lily Potter’s son safe. Now you tell me you have been raising him like a pig for slaughter —

  J. K. Rowling

  Son, Pigs, Potters

• You are — truly your father’s son, Harry. . . .

  J. K. Rowling

  Father, Son, Black

• Her son lives. He has her eyes, precisely her eyes. You remember the shape and color of Lily Evans's eyes, I am sure?

  J. K. Rowling

  Eye, Son, Color

• Brains like that, you could be a Death Eater, son.

  J. K. Rowling

  Son, Death Eaters, Brain

• Your great puddin' of a son don' need fattin' anymore Dursley, don't worry

  J. K. Rowling

  Son, Worry, Needs

• Thing was' he faced them, and Harry was astonished to see that he was grinning, 'they bit of a bit more than they could chew with Gran. Little old witch living alone, they probably think they didn't need to send anyone particularly powerful. Anyway' Neville laughed, 'Dawlish is still in St Mungo's and Gran is on the run. She sent me a letter,' he clapped a hand to the breast pocket of his robes, 'telling me she was proud of me, that I'm my parents' son, and to keep it up

  J. K. Rowling

  Running, Powerful, Son

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