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        I went back to it after twelve years since I had not read the original edition and I wanted to read it before watching its DVD which I have borrowed from my dear Rana as well.
The whole experience of reading these again was unexpectedly good. I had forgotten many of their details, some parts of the plots and even some of the characters' fates! (Barty Crouch himself for instance! :) ). Even though I knew how the story was going to end, I often found it difficult to put down. The thing which interested me most was that reading it in English was much more exciting. I do not have a memory of my teenager self laughing or crying while reading this. But I actually laughed and cried this time! (Well, to be honest, I did not CRY. However, I had a real, hard-to-overlook lump in my throat in some pages...) I was not thinking of Harry Potter as a book which you can quote parts of it till now. This re-reading changed my idea in this point, too! So, these are the parts which I like to share here:

- It was a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.
p. 278
This is REALLY REALLY true! :(

- If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
p. 456

- Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.
p. 603

- It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.
p. 614

- What's comin' will come, an' we'll meet it when it does.
p. 623
This is what Hagrid told Harry, Ron and Hermione after the Third Task and all those things which happened through it.  I think it is a brilliant piece of statement and somehow too philosophical for being told by Hagrid! :)

- The truth is generally preferable to lies.
p. 626
As simple as it is, it is often a forgotten fact! :|

- Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right, and what is easy, remember what happened to boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.
p. 628
:(
to make a choice between what is right, and what is easy
...

And I have to add two funny parts which made me laugh out loud, Both of which were not that funny in the translated edition:
The part when Ron calls Hermione "Er-My-Knee" because his mouth is full! :)
(I admit that this cannot be translated at all.)
and the part when Dumbledore encourages Hagrid to free himself of people's judgement after Rita Skeeter's scoop by telling him this:
"My own brother, Aberforth, was prosecuted for practising inappropriate charms on a goat. It was all over the papers, but did Aberforth hide? No, he did not! He held his head high and went about his business as usual! Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been bravery..." :))
p. 394

Finally, I have to mention -even in one sentence- that the movie was a complete disappointment. I am not sure I would read the book if I had watched the movie first. So PLEASE do not watch it before giving yourself the chance of reading it!
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