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Ron Weasley
One of Harry’s best friends. Hermione is indisputably the smartest witch in her class at Hogwarts, as well as the hardest working. Nevertheless, because of her Muggle heritage she’s often exposed to prejudiced comments from professors like Slughorn or outright bigotry from Malfoy. Her intelligence often proves indispensable to the trio’s efforts to fight Voldemort, as she’s able to supply critical information or decipher complex puzzles. Hermione also often acts as the trio’s moral compass, forcing Harry and Ron to think about the ethical implications of their more dubious choices, like relying on the Half-Blood Prince’s annotations or using house-elf labor to follow Malfoy. Like Ginny, Hermione is far more emotionally mature than Harry and Ron, and this disparity sometimes makes her feel alienated and lonely: while Hermione is comfortable with her crush on Ron, she has to deal with his mood swings and hurtful behavior as he grapples with his feelings for her. At the end of the novel Hermione prepares to accompany Harry on his journey to find the Horcruxes, affirming the bravery and loyalty she’s shown since her first year at Hogwarts.
Hermione Granger Quotes in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince quotes below are all either spoken by Hermione Granger or refer to Hermione Granger. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter Five: An Excess of Phlegm
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Harry did not really listen. A warmth was spreading through him…He knew that Ron and Hermione were more shocked than they were letting on, but the mere fact that they were still there on either side of him, speaking bracing words of comfort, not shrinking from him as though he were contaminated or dangerous, was worth more than he could ever tell them.
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Chapter Eleven: Hermione’s Helping Hand
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“Anyone we know dead?” asked Ron in a determinedly casual voice; he posed the same question every time Hermione opened her paper.
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Chapter Fourteen: Felix Felicis
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He and Cho were too embarrassed to look at each other, let alone talk to each other; what if Ron and Hermione started going out together, then split up? Could their friendship survive it?...And then, what if they didn’t split up? What if they became like Bill and Fleur, and it became excruciatingly embarrassing to be in their presence, so that he was shut out for good?
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Chapter Thirty: The White Tomb
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…In spite of everything, in spite of the dark and twisting path he saw stretching ahead for himself, in spite of the final meeting with Voldemort he knew must come, whether in a month, in a year, or in ten, he felt his heart lift at the thought that there was still one last golden day of peace left to enjoy with Ron and Hermione.
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Hermione Granger Quotes in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince quotes below are all either spoken by Hermione Granger or refer to Hermione Granger. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter Five: An Excess of Phlegm
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Harry did not really listen. A warmth was spreading through him…He knew that Ron and Hermione were more shocked than they were letting on, but the mere fact that they were still there on either side of him, speaking bracing words of comfort, not shrinking from him as though he were contaminated or dangerous, was worth more than he could ever tell them.
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Chapter Eleven: Hermione’s Helping Hand
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“Anyone we know dead?” asked Ron in a determinedly casual voice; he posed the same question every time Hermione opened her paper.
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Chapter Fourteen: Felix Felicis
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He and Cho were too embarrassed to look at each other, let alone talk to each other; what if Ron and Hermione started going out together, then split up? Could their friendship survive it?...And then, what if they didn’t split up? What if they became like Bill and Fleur, and it became excruciatingly embarrassing to be in their presence, so that he was shut out for good?
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Chapter Thirty: The White Tomb
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…In spite of everything, in spite of the dark and twisting path he saw stretching ahead for himself, in spite of the final meeting with Voldemort he knew must come, whether in a month, in a year, or in ten, he felt his heart lift at the thought that there was still one last golden day of peace left to enjoy with Ron and Hermione.
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