Snape's Best Quotes
‘All this press attention seems to have inflated your already overlarge head, Potter,’ said Snape quietly, once the rest of the class had settled down again.
Harry didn’t answer.He knew Snape was trying to provoke him; he had done this before. No doubt he was hoping for an excuse to take a round fifty points from Gryffindor before the end of the class.
‘You might be labouring under the delusion that the entire wizarding world is impressed with you,’ Snape went on, so quietly that no one else could hear him (Harry continued to pound his scarab beetles, even though he had already reduced them to a very fine powder), ‘but I don’t care how many times your picture appears in the papers. To me, Potter, you are nothing but a nasty little boy who considers rules to be beneath him.’
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Chapter 27 - Padfoot Returns
Damn, this was brutal but Snape honestly told Harry to the face what he thought of him, a James Potter version 2. I liked it despite it showed him being a jerk.
‘I thought you could start,’ said Snape, a malicious smile on his lips, ‘with boxes one thousand and twelve to one thousand and fifty-six. You will find some familiar names in there, which should add interest to the task. Here, you see …’
He pulled out a card from one of the topmost boxes with a flourish and read, ‘“James Potter and Sirius Black. Apprehended using an illegal hex upon Bertram Aubrey. Aubrey’s head twice normal size. Double detention.”’ Snape sneered. ‘It must be such a comfort to think that, though they are gone, a record of their great achievements remains …’
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Chapter 24 - Sectumsempra
First time we got to know of another victim of marauders and their numerous detention records, of course, delivered in Snape's trademark Snarky way.
That one was absolutely savage. Severus really is the gift that keeps on giving, I can't believe Dumbledore had the bright idea to waste him on children.
“Yes, indeed, most admirable,” said Snape in a bored voice. “Of course, you weren’t a lot of use to him in prison, but the gesture was undoubtedly fine — ”
Yeah, I loved the way Snape got under Bellatrix's skin and countered her accusations in his sarcastic way in Spinners End.
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.J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
My favorite is a classic:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 38, page 687.
“Blocked again, and again, and again until you learn to keep your mouth shut and your mind closed, Potter!”
HBP
He was still giving Harry lessons until the very end.
"Your defenses must...be flexible and inventive as the arts you seek to undo."
(first DADA class taught by Snape)
