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 HallowsWhether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.
Joanne K. RowlingHermione: "Feels strange to be going home, doesn't it?"
Harry: "I'm not going home. Not really."
Magic, both beautiful and powerful, binds together our long history. That common bond we share is the legacy of Hogwarts.
Hogwarts LegacyYou 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 SecretsCan you believe this place? They got pint-sized little witches and wizards running around here.
Jacob Kowalski in Fantastic Beasts, 3: The Secrets of Dumbledore"Voldemort was, I believe, more attached to this school than he has ever been to a person. Hogwarts was where he had been happiest; the first and only place he had felt at home."
Harry felt slightly uncomfortable at these words, for this was exactly how he felt about Hogwarts, too.
Every corridor, every portrait, every stone in this castle tells the story of witches and wizards who came before. Here you will meet lifelong friends and grow into your own magical abilities in the class rooms of the worlds most talented professors.
Hogwarts LegacySaid 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."
In 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.
Hogwarts isn't actually that pleasant a place when you don't fit in.
Albus Severus Potter in Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildGringotts 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.
Every day, every hour, this very minute, perhaps, dark forces attempt to penetrate this castle's walls. But in the end, their greatest weapon is you.
Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceIt'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 PrinceIf you want to get the most out of your time at Hogwarts you're going to need to break the rules now and then.
Hogwarts Legacy, by Sebastian SallowWord travels fast at Hogwarts.
Hogwarts Legacy, by Nellie OggspireHogwarts is full of bullies and spoilsports.
Hogwarts Legacy, by Zenobia NokeThere's Phineas Nigellus... my great-great-grandfather, see? ... least popular Headmaster Hogwarts ever had.
Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixHogwarts should be Dumbledore's final resting place.
Filius Flitwick in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceI never thought my life would turn out to be anything but normal. Until the day I recieved a very curious letter...
Harry Potter: Magic AwakenedI would never dream of assuming I know all Hogwarts' secrets.
Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireThe four school houses are named after them: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin.
Cuthbert Binns in Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsYour efforts are futile. You cannot fight me. I do not want to kill you. I have great respect for the teachers of Hogwarts.
Voldemort / Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsIt is too 'eavy, all zis 'Ogwarts food. I will not fit into my dress robes!
Fleur Delacour in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"And here are the Gryffindors!" yelled Lee Jordan, who was acting as a commentator as usual. "Potter, Bell, Johnson, Spinnet, Weasley, Weasley and Wood. Widely aknowledged as the best side Hogwarts has seen in a good few years.
Gryffindor, QuidditchLee Jordan in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanIf you're going to tell me my life would be more peaceful at that pestilential school, you can save your breath, Albus!
Horace Slughorn in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"Hogwarts is threatened!" shouted Professor McGonagall. "Man the boundaries, protect us, do your duty to our school!"
Minerva McGonagall in Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsSmirking, he says, "Whatever spell you just tried to cast on me, it didn't work, so I think you need to go back to Hogwarts."
Jenny Han in To All the Boys - I've Loved BeforeThe best wizarding school is Hogwarts.
Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts, and Where to Find ThemHe 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 SecretsHarry barely slept that night. When he awoke on Monday morning, he seriously considered for the first time ever just running away from Hogwarts. But as he looked around the Great Hall at breakfast time, and thought about what leaving the castle would mean, he knew he couldn't do it. It was the only place he had ever been happy.
Harry James Potter in Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireLily: "I'm not a freak. That's a horrible thing to say."
Petunia: "That's where you're going. A special school for freaks."
That's where you're going. A special school for freaks. You and that Snape boy… weirdos, that's what you two are. It's good you're being separated from normal people. It's for our safety.
Petunia Dursley in Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsOh, know the perils, read the signs,
The warning history shows,
For our Hogwarts is in danger
From external, deadly foes
And we must unite inside her
Or we'll crumble from within
I have told you, I have warned you...
Let the Sorting now begin.
Ron: "Hermione's allowed in our dormitory, how come we're not allowed -?"
Hermine: "Well, it's an old-fashioned rule. But it says in Hogwarts: A History, that the founders thought boys were less trustworthy than girls."