Snape Quotes - Page 2

• 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

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• I say there are spots that don't come off.... Spots that never come off, d'you know what I mean?

  J. K. Rowling

  Mean, Potters, Spots

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• I think there should be laughs in everything. Sometimes, it's a slammed door, a pie in the face or just a recognition of our frailties.

  Alan Rickman

  Thinking, Doors, Pie

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• On the other hand, the Prince had proved a much more effective teacher than Snape so far.

  J. K. Rowling

  Teacher, Hands, Effective Teacher

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• I know I'm not normal in this, but [ Severus ] Snape is absolutely my favorite character in the Harry Potter books. He is completely mortal - good, bad, strong, weak, motivated by hatred, motivated by love. A gorgeous, compelling, complex character who definitely earns a spot at my table.

  Megan Chance

  Strong, Book, Character

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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• Would you like me to [kill you] now?" asked Snape, his voice heavy with irony. "Or would you like a few moments to compose an epitaph?

  J. K. Rowling

  Voice, Irony, Moments

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• Tell me, how is Lucius Malfoy these days? I expect he's delighted his lapdog's working at Hogwarts, isn't he?" "Speaking of dogs," said Snape softly, "did you know that Lucius Malfoy recognized you last time you risked a little jaunt outside? Clever idea, Black, getting yourself seen on a safe station platform. Gave you a cast-iron excuse not to leave your hidey-hole in future, didn't it?

  J. K. Rowling

  Dog, Clever, Ideas

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• Deliberately causing mayhem in Snape's Potions class was about as safe as poking a sleeping dragon in the eye.

  J. K. Rowling

  Sleep, Eye, Dragons

  J. K. Rowling (1999). “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, Raincoast Books

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• I’m not a freak. That’s a horrible thing to say." "That’s where you’re going. A special school for freaks. You and that Snape boy ... weirdos, that’s what you two are..." "You didn’t think it was such a freak’s school when you wrote the headmaster and begged him to take you.

  J. K. Rowling

  School, Boys, Thinking

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• Snape is vindictive, he's cruel. He's not a big man. But he loves. I like him, but I'd also like to slap him hard.

  J. K. Rowling

  Men, Vindictive, Bigs

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• It was as if Snape had started handing out sweets.

  J. K. Rowling

  Sweet, Ifs

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• Karkaroff intends to flee if the Mark burns." "Does he?" said Dumbledore softly, as Fleur Delacour and Roger Davies came giggling in from the grounds. "And are you tempted to join him?" "No," said Snape, his black eyes on Fleur's and Roger's retreating figures. "I am not such a coward." "No," agreed Dumbledore. You are a braver man by far than Igot Karkaroff. You know, I sometimes think we Sort too soon..." He walked away, leaving Snape looking stricken.

  J. K. Rowling

  Eye, Men, Thinking

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• You know how I think they choose people for Gryffindor team?" said Malfoy loudly a few minutes later, as Snape awarded Hufflepuff another penalty for now reason at all. "It's people they feel sorry for. See, there's Potter, who's got no parents, then there's the Weasleys, who've got no money - you should be on the team, Longbottom, you've got no brains.

  J. K. Rowling

  Sorry, Team, Thinking

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• Where are you heading, if you’ve got the choice?” James lifted an invisible sword. “‘Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart!’ Like my dad.” Snape made a small, disparaging noise. James turned on him. “Got a problem with that?” “No,” said Snape, though his slight sneer said otherwise. “If you’d rather be brawny than brainy —” “Where’re you hoping to go, seeing as you’re neither?” interjected Sirius.

  J. K. Rowling

  Dad, Heart, Choices

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• Professor Snape was forcing them to research antidotes. They took this one seriously, as he had hinted that he might be poisoning one of them before Christmas to see if their antidote worked.

  J. K. Rowling

  Might, Research, Professors

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• Killed?" said Hagrid loudly, staring down at Harry. "Snape killed? What're yeh on abou', Harry?" "Dumbledore," said Harry. "Snape killed... Dumbledore.

  J. K. Rowling

  Hagrid, Said, Staring

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• I don't want to be one of those guys, but Snape DOES kill Dumbledore.

  Zach Braff

  Guy, Doe, Want

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• I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time.

  Alan Rickman

  Dubbing, Lasts, Spokes

  "Alan Rickman Says Goodbye to 'Harry Potter' in a published letter to J.K.Rowling" by Josh Wigler, www.mtv.com. May 26, 2011.

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• I knew with Snape I was working as a double agent, as it turns out, and a very good one at that.

  Alan Rickman

  Agents, Very Good, Turns

  "Alan Rickman Was J.k. Rowling's Secret-keeper" by Scott Harris, www.mtv.com. January 04, 2012.

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• I remember my first scene with Alan Rickman, and I was anxious because he is a slight 'method' actor; as soon as he is in his cloak, he walks and talks like Snape - it is quite terrifying. But I really wanted to talk to him because 'Robin Hood' was one of my favourite films.

  Tom Felton

  Robins, Actors, Firsts

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• Another ten points from Gryffindor,” said Snape. “I would expect nothing more sophisticated from you, Ronald Weasley, the boy so solid he cannot Apparate half an inch across a room.

  J. K. Rowling

  Boys, Half, Gryffindor

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• He can run faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo.

  J. K. Rowling

  Running, Humor, Funny Harry Potter

  "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". Book by J. K. Rowling, July 21, 2007.

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• Three children have become adults since a phone call with Jo Rowling, containing one small clue, persuaded me that there was more to Snape than an unchanging costume, and that even though only three of the books were out at that time, she held the entire massive but delicate narrative in the surest of hands.

  Alan Rickman

  Children, Book, Phones

  "Every Snape scene in chronological order shows his anguished evolution" by Rob Dean, www.avclub.com. January 15, 2016.

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• Crackers!” said Dumbledore enthusiastically, offering the end of a large silver noisemaker to Snape, who took it reluctantly.

  J. K. Rowling

  Offering, Silver, Ends

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• You are determined to hate him [Snape], Harry,” said Lupin with a faint smile. “And I understand; with James as your father, with Sirius as your godfather, you have inherited an old prejudice. By all means tell Dumbledore what you have told Arthur and me, but do not expect him to share your view of the matter; do not even expect him to be surprised by what you tell him. It might have been on Dumbledore’s orders that Severus questioned Draco.

  J. K. Rowling

  Father, Hate, Mean

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