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A centaur whom Dumbledore hires to teach Divination after Umbridge fires Professor Trelawney. For a centaur, Firenze has an unusually close relationship with humans; he allowed Harry to ride him to safety in Harry's first year, and the other centaurs characterize Firenze's employment at Hogwarts as a horrendous betrayal. Firenze wastes no time in telling his class that the kind of Divination and fortune-telling that Trelawney taught is nonsense, and he also gives his students an impromptu lesson in respect and the proper treatment of non-human beings when Dean Thomas asks if Hagrid breeds centaurs. Firenze explains that the centaurs are a people like any other, with their own culture and customs.
Firenze Quotes in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix quotes below are all either spoken by Firenze or refer to Firenze. 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 Twenty-Seven
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"Herd?" said Lavender in a confused voice, and Harry knew she was thinking of cows. "What—oh!" Comprehension dawned on her face. "There are more of you?" she said, stunned.
"Did Hagrid breed you, like the thestrals?" asked Dean eagerly.
Firenze turned his head very slowly to face Dean, who seemed to realize at once that he had said something very offensive.
"I didn't—I meant—sorry," he finished in a hushed voice.
"Centaurs are not the servants or playthings of humans," said Firenze quietly.
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Firenze Quotes in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix quotes below are all either spoken by Firenze or refer to Firenze. 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:
).
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Quotes
"Herd?" said Lavender in a confused voice, and Harry knew she was thinking of cows. "What—oh!" Comprehension dawned on her face. "There are more of you?" she said, stunned.
"Did Hagrid breed you, like the thestrals?" asked Dean eagerly.
Firenze turned his head very slowly to face Dean, who seemed to realize at once that he had said something very offensive.
"I didn't—I meant—sorry," he finished in a hushed voice.
"Centaurs are not the servants or playthings of humans," said Firenze quietly.
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