“My dear Professor, I’ve never seen a cat sit so stiffly.”
Dumbledore, Philosopher’s Stone, Ch. 1
“My dear Professor, surely a sensible person like yourself can call him by his name? All this “You-Know-Who” nonsense – for eleven years I have been trying to persuade people to call him by his proper name: Voldemort. It all gets so confusing if we keep saying “You-Know-Who”. I have never seen any reason to be frightened of saying Voldemort’s name.”
Dumbledore, Philosopher’s Stone, Ch. 1
“It’s lucky it’s dark. I haven’t blushed so much since Madam Pomfrey told me she liked my new earmuffs.”
Dumbledore, Philosopher’s Stone, Ch. 1
“I would trust Hagrid with my life.”
Dumbledore, Philosopher’s Stone, Ch. 1
“Scars can come in useful. I have one myself above my left knee which is a perfect map of the London Underground.”
Dumbledore, Philosopher’s Stone, Ch. 1
“Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!”
Dumbledore, Philosopher’s Stone, Ch. 7
“Ah, music, a magic beyond all we do here!”
Dumbledore, Philosopher’s Stone, Ch. 7
“The happiest man on earth would be able to use the Mirror of Erised like a normal mirror, that is, he would look into it and see himself exactly as he is.”
Dumbledore, Philosopher’s Stone, Ch. 12
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that.”
Dumbledore, Philosopher’s Stone, Ch. 12
“I see [when looking in the Mirror of Erised] myself holding a pair of thick, woolen socks. One can never have enough socks. Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.”
Dumbledore, Philosopher’s Stone, Ch. 12