Great Hall Quotes

“Dumbledore turned gravely to Harry, and raised his goblet once more. Nearly everyone in the Great Hall followed suit. They mumured his name, as they had murmured Cedric's, and drank to him. But, through a gap in the standing figures, Harry saw that Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle and many of the other Slytherins had remained defiantly in their seats, their goblets untouched.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“The tall room was lit by a skylight so large that it felt as though I’d stepped into a greenhouse. Indeed, the room did have the look of a place built with only the needs of plants in mind.
Enormous fern fronds arched from the edges of the room, not in pots but growing from spots where the plaster had broken. Spears of aloe shot up from pockets in the wall, along with pink oleanders, mooning for attention.
Morning glories wrapped around the twin banisters of the imperial staircase. At its apex hung not a chandelier, but a fringe of purple wisteria like thousands of wild grapes. It was so enormous and so perfect that I put my hand on my heart as if urging it to beat.
As I stood in the center of the room, the plants all around us began to shift. Vines stretched across tile. Flowers petal-walked down the plaster walls. Even the chandelier lowered, like the lens of camera, going in for a close-up.”
― Jennifer Herrera, Siren Says