The Best Professor Severus Snape Quotes From Harry Potter

It is real, isn’t it? it’s not a joke? petunia says you’re lying to me. Petunia says there isn’t a hogwarts. It is real, isn’t it?”
“it’s real for us,” said snape. “not for her.

Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people’s business. Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony, and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git. Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a professor. Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slimeball.

Yes, it is easy to see that nearly six years of magical education have not been wasted on you, Potter. Ghosts are transparent.

She should’ve interviewed snape,” said harry grimly. “he’d give her the goods on me any day. “potter has been crossing lines ever since he first arrived at this school…

I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously.

Course dumbledore trusts you,” growled moody. “he’s a trusting man, isn’t he? believes in second chances. But me — I say there are spots that don’t come off, snape. Spots that never come off, d’you know what I mean?.

For your information, potter, asphodel and wormwood make a sleeping potion so powerful it is known as the draught of living death. A bezoar is a stone taken from the stomach of a goat and it will save you from most poisons. As for monkshood and wolfsbane, they are the same plant, which also goes by the name of aconite.

It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising.

Snape’s patronus was a doe,’ said Harry, ‘the same as my mother’s because he loved her for nearly all of his life, from when they were children.

One person. All it takes is one person. I couldn’t save harry for lily. So now I give my allegiance to the cause she believed in. And it’s possible — that along the way I started believing in it myself.

What is the difference, potter, between monkshood and wolfsbane?”

at this, hermione stood up, her hand stretching towards the dungeon ceiling.

i don’t know,” said harry quietly. “i think hermione does, though, why don’t you try asking her?”

a few people laughed; harry caught sight of seamus’s eye and seamus winked. Snape, however, was not pleased.

sit down,” he snapped at hermione. “for your information, potter, asphodel and wormwood make a sleeping potion so powerful it is known as the draught of living death. A bezoar is a stone taken from the stomach of a goat and it will save you from most poisons. As for monkshood and wolfsbane, they are the same plant, which also goes by the name of aconite. Well? why aren’t you all copying that down?”

there was a sudden rummaging for quills and parchment. Over the noise, snape said, “and a point will be taken from gryffindor house for your cheek, potter.

There is no point in apportioning blame. What is done, is done.

Kill me then,’ panted Harry, who felt no fear at all, but only rage and contempt. ‘Kill me like you killed him, you coward-‘ DON’T-‘ screamed Snape, and his face was suddenly demented, inhuman, as though he was in as much pain as the yelping, howling dog stuck in the house behind them- ‘CALL ME A COWARD!

D’you know what that – (he called snape something that made hermoine say “ron!”)” – is making me do? i’ve got to scrub out the bedpans in the hospital wing. Without magic!” he was breathing deeply, his fists clenched.

“why couldn’t black have hidden in snape’s office, eh? he could have finished him off for us!.

Harry potter is dead.

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

Turn to page three hundred and ninety-four.

Orange, longbottom.

But I don’t think i’ve ever known such a natural at potions!” said slughorn. “instinctive, you know — like his mother! i’ve only ever taught a few with this kind of ability, I can tell you that, sybill — why even severus —”
and to harry’s horror, slughorn threw out an arm and seemed to scoop snape out of thin air toward them.

Albus severus, you were named after two headmasters of hogwarts. One of them was slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew.

I am the character you are not supposed to like.

Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
“after all this time?”
“always,” said snape.

One person. All it takes is one person.”
-severus snap , harry potter and the cursed child.

Look…at…me…” he whispered. The green eyes found the black, but after a second, something in the depths of the dark pair seemed to vanish, leaving them fixed, blank, and empty. The hand holding harry thudded to the floor, and snape moved no more.

One person. All it takes is one person.”
-severus snape.

Don’t call me coward!.

The — the prophecy . . . The prediction . . . Trelawney . . .”
“ah, yes. How much did you relay to lord voldemort?”
“everything — everything I heard! that is why — it is for that reason — he thinks it means lily evans!”
“the prophecy did not refer to a woman. It spoke of a boy born at the end of july —”
“you know what I mean! he thinks it means her son, he is going to hunt her down — kill them all —”
“if she means so much to you, surely lord voldemort will spare her? could you not ask for mercy for the mother, in exchange for the son?”
“i have — I have asked him —”
“you disgust me.

Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears. “After all this time?” “Always,” said Snape.

Thought we were supposed to be friends? best friends?”
“we are, sev.

Look . . . At . . . Me. . . .

Harry potter told his son you’re a great man. […] he said you were the bravest man he’d ever met. He knew, you see — he knew your secret — what you did for dumbledore. And he admired you for it — greatly. And that’s why he named his son — my best friend — after you both. Albus severus potter.

Scorpius: thank you for being my light in the darkness.

I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death.

You know, I sometimes think we Sort too soon.

Snape raised his wand and pointed it directly at dumbledore.
“avada kedavra!.

Detention, saturday night, my office,” said snape. “i do not take cheek from anyone, potter . . . Not even ‘the chosen one.’.

The mind is a complex and many-layered thing, potter… Or at least, most minds are…

Snape: “did no one teach you to knock, boy?”

scorpius looks up at snape, slightly breathless, slightly unsure, slightly exultant.

scorpius: “severus snape. This is an honor.

Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and allow themselves to be provoked this easily- weak people, in other words”
“những thằng ngu thì chỉ khoác lác khoe mẽ, chứ không biết kiềm chế cảm xúc của mình, chỉ biết trầm mình trong ký ức buồn thảm và tự để cho mình bị chọc tức một các dễ dàng – nói một cách khác, chỉ là những con người yếu đuối.

Well, it may have escaped your notice,but life isn’t fair.

Talent is an accident of genes – and a responsibility.

Scorpius: a doe? lily’s patronus.
snape: strange, isn’t it? what comes from within.

But this is touching, severus,” said dumbledore seriously. “have you grown to care for the boy, after all?”
“for him?” shouted snape. “expecto patronum!”
from the tip of his wand burst the silver doe. She landed on the office floor, bounded once across the office, and soared out of the window. Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
“after all this time?”
“always,” said snape.

Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.

If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work.

Do you know what I think, Potter?’ said Snape, very quietly. “I think that you are a liar and a cheat and that you deserve detention with me every Saturday until the end of term. What do you think, Potter?

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.

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.

Ah, yes. Harry potter. Our new — celebrity.

That is the second time you have spoken out of turn, miss granger,” said snape coolly. “five more points from gryffindor for being an insufferable know-it-all.

And what will you give me in return, severus?’
‘in – in return?’ snape gaped at dumbledore, and harry expected him to protest, but after a long moment he said, ‘anything…

You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion-making. As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly believe this is magic. I don’t expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses. . . I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death — if you aren’t as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach.

But this is touching, Severus,” said Dumbledore seriously. “Have you grown to care for the boy, after all?” “For him?” shouted Snape. “Expecto Patronum!” From the tip of his wand burst the silver doe. She landed on the office floor, bounded once across the office, and soared out of the window. Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears. “After all this time?” “Always,” said Snape.

My word, severus, that I shall never reveal the best of you?’ dumbledore sighed, looking down into snape’s ferocious, anguished face. ‘if you insist ….

I wish…i wish I were dead…”
“and what use would that be to anyone?.

This is your copy of advanced potion-making, is it, potter?”
“yes,” said harry, still breathing hard.
“you’re quite sure of that, are you, potter?”
“yes,” said harry, with a touch more defiance.
“this is the copy of advanced potion-making that you purchased from flourish and blotts?”
“yes,” said harry firmly.
“then why,” asked snape, “does it have the name ‘roonil wazlib’ written inside the front cover?”
harry’s heart missed a beat. “that’s my nickname,” he said.

An unbreakable vow?” said ron, looking stunned. “nah, he can’t have…. Are you sure?”
“yes i’m sure,” said harry. “why, what does it mean?”
“well, you can’t break an unbreakable vow…”
“i’d worked that much out for myself, funnily enough.

I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even put a stopper on death.

Whoops – my wand is a little over excited!.

If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.

What would your head have been doing in Hogsmeade, Potter?” said Snape softly. “Your head is not allowed in Hogsmeade. No part of your body has permission to be in Hogsmeade.

Only muggles talk of the ‘mind reading.’ the mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls, to be perused by any invader. The mind is complex and many-layered thing, potter… or at least, most minds are….

I don’t expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses…

There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class. As such, I don’t expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art that is potion-making. However, for those select few…
who possess, the predisposition… I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death.

You see what you expect to see.

Draco, do it, or stand aside so one of us -” screeched the woman, but at that precise moment the door to the ramparts burst open once more and there stood snape, his wand clutched in his hand as his black eyes swept the scene, from dumbledore slumped against the wall, to the four death eaters, including the enraged werewolf, and malfoy.
“we’ve got a problem, snape,” said the lumpy amycus, whose eyes and wand were fixed alike upon dumbledore, “the boy doesn’t seem able -“
but somebody else had spoken snape’s name, quite softly.
“severus …”
the sound frightened harry beyond anything he had experienced all evening. For the first time, dumbledore was pleading.
snape said nothing, but walked forwards and pushed malfoy roughly out of the way. The three death eaters fell back without a word. Even the werewolf seemed cowed.
snape gazed for a moment at dumbledore, and there was revulsion and hatred etched in the harsh lines of his face.
“severus … Please …”
snape raised his wand and pointed it directly at dumbledore. “avada kedavra!.

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.

Snape: sometimes costs are made to be borne.

Killed?” said hagrid loudly, staring down at harry. “snape killed? what’re yeh on abou’, harry?”
“dumbledore,” said harry. “snape killed… Dumbledore.

Mr. Moony presents his compliments to professor snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people’s business.
mr. Prongs agrees with mr. Moony, and would like to add that professor snape is an ugly git.
mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a professor.
mr. Wormtail bids professor snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slimeball.

Oh, he’ll try, i’m sure. . . . the usual empty words, the usual slithering out of action . . . Oh, on the dark lord’s orders, of course!.

But somebody else had spoken snape’s name, quite softly.
“severus . . .”
the sound frightened harry beyond anything he had experienced all evening. For the first time, dumbledore was pleading.
snape gazed for a moment at dumbledore, and there was revulsion and hatred etched in the harsh lines of his face.
“severus . . . Please . . .”
snape raised his wand and pointed it directly at dumbledore.
“avada kedavra!”
a jet of green light shot from the end of snape’s wand and hit dumbledore squarely in the chest. Harry’s scream of horror never left him; silent and unmoving, he was forced to watch as dumbledore was blasted into the air. For a split second, he seemed to hang suspended beneath the shining skull, and then he fell slowly backward, like a great rag doll, over the battlements and out of sight.

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?.