But he was home. Hogwarts was the first and best home he had known. He and Voldemort and Snape, the abandoned boys, had all found home here.
HomeHarry Potter and the Deathly HallowsMagic, both beautiful and powerful, binds together our long history. That common bond we share is the legacy of Hogwarts.
Hogwarts LegacyWhether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.
Joanne K. RowlingSaid Slytherin, "We'll teach just those whose ancestry is purest."
Said Ravenclaw, "We'll teach those whose intelligence is surest."
Said Gryffindor, "We'll teach all those with brave deeds to their name,"
Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot, and treat them just the same."
The best wizarding school is Hogwarts.
Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts, and Where to Find ThemIn times of old when I was new
And Hogwarts barely started
The founders of our noble school
Thought never to be parted:
United by a common goal,
They had the selfsame yearning,
To make the world's best magic school
And pass along their learning.
He missed Hogwarts so much it was like having a constant stomachache. He missed the castle, with its secret passageways and ghosts, his classes, the mail arriving by owl, eating banquets in the Great Hall, sleeping in his four-poster bed in the tower dormitory, visiting the gamekeeper, Hagrid, in his cabin next to the Forbidden Forest in the grounds, and especially, Quidditch, the most popular sport in the wizarding world.
QuidditchHarry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsHogwarts isn't actually that pleasant a place when you don't fit in.
Albus Severus Potter in Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildYou will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.
Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsGringotts is the safest place in the world for something you want to hide - except perhaps Hogwarts.
Rubeus Hagrid in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneBy Gryffindor, the bravest were prized far beyond the rest;
For Ravenclaw, the cleverest would always be the best;
For Hufflepuff, hard workers were most worthy of admission;
And power-hungry Slytherin loved those of great ambition.
I gotta get back to Hogwarts
I gotta get back to school
I gotta get myself to Hogwarts
Where everyone thinks I'm cool
Back to witches and wizards and magical beasts
To goblins and ghosts and to magical feasts
It's all that I love
And it's all that I need
It's beautiful, isn't it? I'll never forget the first time I walked through those doors.
Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanHogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts
Teach us something please
Whether we be old and bald
Or young with scabby knees
Our heads could do with filling
With some interesting stuff
For now they're bare and full of air
Dead flies and bits of fluff
So teach us something worth knowing
Bring us back what we've forgot
Just do your best, we'll do the rest
And learn until our brains all rot
A thousand years or more ago,
When I was newly sewn,
There lived four wizards of renown,
Whose name are still well-known:
Bold Gryffindor from wild moor,
Fair Ravlenclaw from glen,
Sweet Hufflepuff from valley broad,
Shrewd Slytherin from fen.
They share a wish, a hope, a dream,
They hatched a daring plan,
To educate young sorcerers,
Thus Hogwarts school began.
At Hogwarts, you'll be taught not only how to use magic, but how to control it.
Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince