Leaky's Daily Quotedown to Deathly Hallows: 38 Days
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Posted by: Edward
October 13, 2010, 02:33 AM
There are now only 38 days left until "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I" hits theaters! We are posting a quote from the first half of the book every day in celebration and to give us a chance to discuss and ponder the final book as it goes to film. Here is today's quote!
"'To Miss Hermione Jean Granger, I leave my copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, in the hope that she will find it entertaining and instructive.'"
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, "The Will of Albus Dumbledore"
3134 Points
She did — and so did I! I love that little book (and the “big” one, too, since I had to get the collector’s edition, lol)!
I love how Hermione relentlessly studied it, only to find out that Ron totally knew all the stories anyway. :o)
4320 Points
That sounds so majestic, her whole name :-) I’ve got the book (so glad Hermione translated it!); I ordered it from the US (it’s actually cheaper than in Romania) :→
I love how Dumbledore’s gifts have so many functions. He really knew these three :-p And in the case of Hermione, the book may seem a given choice, but it also serves the purpose of wanting to make her understand the importance of imagination, story-telling and what goes beyond facts.
80 Points
One of the things I loved about Dumbledore was his gift for choosing words, when writing and when speaking, that so elegantly understated their meaning. Only those who knew him “got” what he said- he was a master at the barbed comment cleverly disguised as an observation.
It was interesting when Harry had his loss of faith and belief in Dumbledore while on the run in DH. A great side story to the main plot.
277 Points
I love Dumbledore, and also, like other people have said, I love that Ron already knew the stories while Hermione was frantically trying to translate them!
390 Points
Love the quote, love the stories. I imagine had Dumbledore told her this in person, he would have smiled like they shared a little secret about the book.
she did find it entertaining!!