52 Famous Snape Quotes that Will Surely Make You Nostalgic

Severus Snape Quotes

Aside from being known as one of the most divisive characters in the Harry Potter series, Severus Snape has some great quotes. Below are a collection of Snape quotes that you can't deny.

• "Yes, it is easy to see that nearly six years of magical education have not been wasted on you, Potter. 'Ghosts are transparent.'"- Snape, Harry Potter, And The Half-Blood Prince

• "The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure."- Snape, 'Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

• "Another ten points from Gryffindor. I would expect nothing more sophisticated from you, Ronald Weasley, the boy so solid he cannot Apparate half an inch across a room."- Snape, 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince'

• "I have received one of the greatest wizards of all time."- Snape, 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince

• "I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death — if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach."- Snape, 'Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone

• "How extraordinarily like your father you are, Potter. He too was exceedingly arrogant."- Snape, Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

• "You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion-making. As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly believe this is magic."- Snape, 'Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone

• "There is no wand more powerful, Ollivander himself has said. Tonight, when the boy comes, it will not fail you, I am sure of it. It answers to you, and you only."- Snape, 'Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows

• "The mind is a complex and many-layered thing, Potter – or at least, most minds are."- Snape, 'Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

• "How extraordinarily like your father you are, Potter. He too was exceedingly arrogant."- Snape, Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

• "That is the second time you have spoken out of turn, Miss Granger. Five more points from Gryffindor for being an insufferable know-it-all."- Snape, 'Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

• "The Dark Arts are many, varied, ever-changing, and eternal. Fighting them is like fighting a many-headed monster, which, each time a neck is severed, sprouts a head even fiercer and cleverer than before. You are fighting that which is unfixed, mutating, indestructible."- Snape, 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince

Those are the top 12 Snape quotes from the Harry Potter movies. More Snape quotes are listed on the next page. Keep reading!

Professor Snape Quotes

Severus Snape is a cool, brilliant, and serious person. If you haven't read the books or watch the films, these Snape quotes are the best spoilers ahead.

• "Yes, it is easy to see that nearly six years of magical education have not been wasted on you, Potter. Ghosts are transparent."-J. K. Rowling

• "You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion-making. As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly believe this is magic. I don’t expect you will understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses. . . I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death — if you aren’t as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach."-J.K. Rowling

• "Snape’s Patronus was a doe,’ said Harry, ‘the same as my mother’s because he loved her for nearly all of his life, from when they were children."-J. K. Rowling

• "For your information, Potter, asphodel, and wormwood make a sleeping potion so powerful it is known as the draught of living death. A bezoar is a stone taken from the stomach of a goat and it will save you from most poisons. As for monkshood and wolfsbane, they are the same plant, which also goes by the name of aconite."-J.K. Rowling

• "There is no point in apportioning blame. What is done, is done."-J.K. Rowling

• "One person. All it takes is one person. I couldn’t save Harry for Lily. So now I give my allegiance to the cause she believed in. And it’s possible — that along the way I started believing in it myself."-Jack Thorne

• "I say there are spots that don’t come off…. Spots that never come off, d’you know what I mean?"-J. K. Rowling

• "Look…at…me…” he whispered. The green eyes found the black, but after a second, something in the depths of the dark pair seemed to vanish, leaving them fixed, blank, and empty. The hand holding Harry thudded to the floor, and Snape moved no more."-J.K. Rowling

• "One person. All it takes is one person."-J.K. Rowling

• "Scorpius: thank you for being my light in the darkness."-J.K. Rowling

• "I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death."-J.K. Rowling

• "Well, it may have escaped your notice, but life isn’t fair."-J.K. Rowling

Alan Rickman Snape Quotes

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Severus Snape was starred by the great Alan Rickman. He brought this amazing character to life in the Harry Potter movie series. He was also called a magnificent actor and a wonderful man. We still have a list of Snape quotes here. The following Snape quotes will surely make you nostalgic. 

• "It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising."-Alan Rickman

• "I am the character you are not supposed to like."-Alan Rickman

• "If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work."-Alan Rickman

• "Talent is an accident of genes – and a responsibility."-Alan Rickman

• "Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world."-Alan Rickman

• "I think there should be laughs in everything. Sometimes, it’s a slammed door, a pie in the face or just a recognition of our frailties."-Alan Rickman

• "If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust."-Alan Rickman

• “You’ve kept him alive so that he can die at the proper moment. You’ve been raising him like a pig for slaughter!”-Alan Rickman

• “One can only imagine what that must be like to endure. It’s said to be nearly unbearable to witness, but I’ll do my best.”-Alan Rickman

• “Well, it may have escaped your notice, but life isn’t fair.”-Alan Rickman

• “What! SAY THAT TO MY FACE!”-Alan Rickman

• “Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and allow themselves to be provoked this easily — weak people, in other words — they stand no chance against his powers!”-Alan Rickman

• “Give me a reason. I beg you.”-Alan Rickman

• “Has it ever crossed your brilliant mind that I don’t want to do this anymore?”- Alan Rickman

• “You ought to be careful. People will think you’re……Up to something.”- Alan Rickman

Snape Quotes Always

There are many discussions among Potterheads about the use of the word "always" by Snape. When someone asked if he still loved Lily, Snape said he always loved Lily. Here are the most iconic Snape quotes you might love.

• "My word, Severus, that I shall never reveal the best of you?’ Dumbledore sighed, looking down into snape’s ferocious, anguished face. ‘if you insist …."-J.K. Rowling

• “Turn to page three hundred and ninety-four.”- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

• "You see what you expect to see."-J.K. Rowling

• “You have your mother’s eyes.” Severus Snape- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

• "I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even put a stopper on death."-J. K. Rowling

• "I have spied for you and lied for you, put myself in mortal danger for you. Everything was supposed to be to keep lily potter’s son safe. Now you tell me you have been raising him like a pig for slaughter."-J.K. Rowling

• "Snape: sometimes costs are made to be borne."-Jack Thorne

• "Oh, he’ll try, I’m sure. . . . the usual empty words, the usual slithering out of action . . . Oh, on the dark lord’s orders, of course!."-J.K. Rowling

• "It may have escaped your notice, but life isn't fair."-Severus Snape

• That is the second time you have spoken out of turn, Miss Granger. "Tell me, are you incapable of restraining yourself, or do you take pride in being an insufferable know-it-all?"-Severus Snape

• “How touchingly paternal, Black. Perhaps Potter will grow up to be a felon, just like his godfather!” -Severus Snape Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix