Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Quotes

“Those we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch.”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“DUMBLEDORE: Harry, there is never a perfect answer in this messy, emotional world. Perfection is beyond the reach of humankind, beyond the reach of magic. In every shining moment of happiness is that drop of poison: the knowledge that pain will come again. Be honest to those you love, show your pain. To suffer is as human as to breathe.”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“They were great men, with huge flaws, and you know what – those flaws almost made them greater.”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“SCORPIUS: Thank you for being my light in the darkness”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“In every shining moment of happiness is that drop of poison: the knowledge that pain will come again. Be honest to those you love, show your pain. To suffer is as human as to breathe.”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“We cannot protect the young from harm. Pain must and will come.”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“If I had to choose a companion to be at the return of eternal darkness with, I'd choose you.”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“It’s tough to live with people stuck in the past, isn’t it?”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

“SCORPIUS: The world changes and we change with it. I am better off in this world. But the world is not better. And I don't want that.”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“It is exceptionally lonely, being Draco Malfoy. I will always be suspected. There is no escaping the past.”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“My geekness is a-quivering.”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“Bravery doesn’t forgive stupidity. Always think. Think what’s possible.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“DRACO: Hermione Granger, I'm being bossed around by Hermione Granger. (She turns towards him. He smiles) And I'm mildly enjoying it.”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“One person. All it takes is one person."
-Severus Snape”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“Love blinds. We have both tried to give our sons, not what they needed, but what we needed. We’ve been so busy trying to rewrite our own pasts, we’ve blighted their present.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

“No, (slightly grandly) it’s time that time-turning became a thing of the past. ALBUS: You’re quite proud of that phrase, aren’t you? SCORPIUS: Been working on it all day.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

“DUMBLEDORE: Those that we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch. Paint . . . and memory . . . and love.”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“Well. Hello. Yeh must be Harry. Hello, Harry Potter. I’m Rubeus Hagrid. And I’m gonna be yer friend whether yeh like it or not. ’Cos yeh’ve had it tough, not that yeh know it yet. An’ yer gonna need friends. Now yeh best come with me, don’t yeh think?”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

“Most of the time, I think you have to make a choice—at a certain point—of the man you want to be. And I will tell you at that time you need a parent or a friend. And if you've learnt to hate your parent by then and you have no friends...then you're all alone. And being alone—that's so hard."
-Draco Malfoy”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“GINNY: After I came out of hospital — everyone ignored me, shut me out — other than, that is, the boy who had everything — who came across the Gryffindor common room and challenged me to a game of Exploding Snap. People think they know all there is to know about you, but the best bits of you are — have always been — heroic in really quiet ways. My point is — after this is over, just remember if you could that sometimes people — but particularly children — just want someone to play Exploding Snap with.”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“DUMBLEDORE: You ask me, of all people, how to protect a boy in terrible danger? We cannot protect the young from harm. Pain must and will come.

HARRY: So I’m supposed to stand and watch?

DUMBLEDORE: No. You’re supposed to teach him how to meet life.”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“Hermione Granger, I’m being bossed around by Hermione Granger.”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“ALBUS/RON: How to distract Scorpius from difficult emotional issues. Take him to a library.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“SNAPE: Sometimes costs are made to be borne.”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“Flipendo! ... Keep up, old man.
Harry: We're the same age, Draco.
Draco: I wear it better.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“SCORPIUS: I can’t quite believe I did that.

ALBUS: I can’t quite believe you did that either.

SCORPIUS: Rose Granger-Weasley. I asked out Rose Granger-Weasley.

ALBUS: And she said no.

SCORPIUS: But I asked her. I planted the acorn. The acorn that will grow into our eventual marriage.

ALBUS: You are aware that you’re an utter fantasist.”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“Tell Albus - tell Albus Severus - I'm proud he carries my name.”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“Okay. Hello. Um. Have we hugged before? Do we hug?”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two

“SCORPIUS: A doe? Lily’s Patronus.
SNAPE: Strange, isn’t it? What comes from within.”
― Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two