Harry's mother. She died at age twenty-one and sacrificed herself to protect baby Harry, giving Harry protection from Voldemort as long as Harry lives with Lily's sister, Petunia. Through old letters that Harry finds, he discovers that Lily was a bright and happy young woman, even when she was cooped up in hiding from Voldemort. From Snape's final memories, Harry gets insight into who Lily was as a child. Lily's parents were Muggles, and Snape introduced Lily to what she was and the Wizarding world. The two remained friends most of the way through school, and Lily acted as Snape's conscience as he began to spend time with students who would later become Death Eaters. Snape was secretly in love with Lily and loves her until he dies.
Lily Potter Quotes in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows quotes below are all either spoken by Lily Potter or refer to Lily Potter. 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 Sixteen
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"'The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death'..." A horrible thought came to him, and with it a kind of panic. "Isn't that a Death Eater idea? Why is that there?"
"It doesn't mean defeating death in the way the Death Eaters mean it, Harry," said Hermione, her voice gentle. "It means...you know...living beyond death. Living after death."
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Lily Potter Quotes in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows quotes below are all either spoken by Lily Potter or refer to Lily Potter. 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 Sixteen
Quotes
"'The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death'..." A horrible thought came to him, and with it a kind of panic. "Isn't that a Death Eater idea? Why is that there?"
"It doesn't mean defeating death in the way the Death Eaters mean it, Harry," said Hermione, her voice gentle. "It means...you know...living beyond death. Living after death."
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