Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) quotes

Director
David Yates.

Cast
Daniel Radcliffe.
Emma Watson.
Rupert Grint.

As Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as “the property of the Half-Blood Prince” and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort’s dark past.

Why is it, when something happens, it is always you three?
– Professor Minerva McGonagall
Believe me, Professor. I’ve been asking myself the same question for six years.
– Ron Weasley

Harry!
– Horace Slughorn
Sir!
– Harry Potter

Ah! See? He senses my presence.
– Lavender Brown
Don’t worry, Won-Won! I’m here. I’m here.
– Lavender Brown
Her… my… nee. Hermione…
– Ron Weasley
Oh, to be young and to feel love’s keen sting.
– Albus Dumbledore

Seriously misunderstood creatures, spiders are. It’s the eyes, I reckon, they unnerve some folk.
– Rubeus Hagrid
Not to mention the pincers…
– Harry Potter

It was a student who gave me Francis. One Spring afternoon I discovered a bowl on my desk, just a few inches of clear water in it. Floating on the surface was a flower petal. As I washed, it sank. Just when it reached the bottom, it transformed into a wee fish. It was beautiful magic, wondrous to the behold. The flower petal had come from a lily, your mother. The day I came downstairs, the day the bowl was empty, was the day your mother…
– Horace Slughorn

Be brave, Professor. Be brave like my mother… Otherwise, you disgrace her. Otherwise, she died for nothing. Otherwise, the bowl will remain empty… forever.
– Harry Potter

 

You’ve just earned yourself detention for a month, McClaggen.
– Severus Snape

Snape! He trusted you!
– Harry Potter

Potter, take Weasley with you. He looks far too happy over there.
– Professor Minerva McGonagall

Ah, Harry… you need a shave, my friend.
– Albus Dumbledore

That can stay hidden up here too, if you like.
– Ginny Weasley
So, did you and Ginny do it, then?
– Ron Weasley
What?
– Harry Potter
You know, hide the book?
– Ron Weasley
Oh… yeah.
– Harry Potter

Exactly how did you get out of the castle, Harry?
– Horace Slughorn
Through the front door sir.
– Harry Potter

Are you and her…?
– Albus Dumbledore
Oh no, no, no. I mean, she’s brilliant, but we’re friends.
– Harry Potter

I’ve never been to this part of the castle. Well, not awake. I sleepwalk, you see. That’s why I wear shoes to bed.
– Luna Lovegood

You heard Snape say he’s made an Unbreakable Vow?
– Ron Weasley
Yes. What does it mean?
– Harry Potter
Well, you can’t break an Unbreakable Vow!
– Ron Weasley
I worked that much out for myself, funny enough.
– Harry Potter

Mr. Davis! Mr. Davis, that is the girls’ lavatory.
– Professor Minerva McGonagall

Harry! I must insist you accompany me back to the castle immediately!
– Horace Slughorn
That would be counterproductive, sir!
– Harry Potter
What makes you say that?
– Horace Slughorn
No idea!
– Harry Potter

But, Sir, I thought we weren’t allowed to apparate on Hogwarts’ grounds.
– Harry Potter
Well, being me… has its privileges.
– Albus Dumbledore