Snape shrine

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TOP 10 REASONS WHY I THINK SEVERUS IS SO AWESOME

That dark demeanor of his


Who could forget the nose?


He wears a lot of black.


He definately has a lot of secrets-why else is he so angry and mean??


I think he'd make the perfect main character to some kind of gothic romance.


He's not all bad-he DID save Harry from Quirrell at the Quidditch match you know!


Okay, so he is somewhat vindictive and unforgiving...but being so dark and brooding makes him all the more romantic!


I think that underneath all of the nastiness, Severus needs something-like all of us do.


The potential he's got to become a Phantom of the Opera like antagonist...frightening, yet pitiable at the same time-those are the best kinds...


His first name...Severus..it just fits.

More to come

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Personality
He tends to state his mind simply and clearly, without diplomacy. He is direct in his opinions.
Sarcasm is his forte! Almost as if it was a second skin.
He has the strenght of character to realise his mistakes, even though it's hard for him to admit it. But he will always try to correct them.
He has a harsher conscience than most people. He sees the wrongs and this keeps him from sliding in evil.
He is very intense, you feel it when you're around him.
He is very stubborn because he stands for his principles and does not accept to lower them.
His honesty and sincerity (especially with people close to him) earn him respect
He has no patience with complete idiots, evil people or people he knows are trying to deceive him. He does not spare them when he gets back at them!
Cunning, very good at scheming, witty and astute in a somewhat sly or vicisous way even.
He has self-assurance and has much confidence in his capacities.
He is very independent. He is used not to rely on others.
He naturally has the manners of a gentleman.
He obviously has a depth of mind and a great understanding of the world
He has the ability to concentrate
Tries to follow lines of thoughts that will lead him to a logical conclusion to a problem.
When talking about a subject he loves, he becomes a passionate speaker and defends his ideas with eloquence and logic.
He could defend a point or cause with his life if he had to.
(modified) He is noble and brave.
(I erased "kind" because people said they considered Snape noble and brave, but not kind. My original meaning for "kind" was drawn from French, so I guess I made the mistake of applying the same meaning in English, but as I learned, the French and English meaning of "kind" do not match.)
He uses his authority to push people to their limits, although it seems he overuses his authority.
He is particularly unkind to those who don't push themselves to their limits or those who are lazy.
He loves to challenge the concepts of others or at least question their realibility. This would lead him to develop new ways or line of thoughts.
He hates people interfering in his ways or critizising him.
He controls his emotions all the time, almost never letting anything be seen by others, much like a protective mechanism.
(modified) Status tends to be important to him. Status in Slytherin thinking: the power you have over others is important. Therefore, here, status means Snape's relative status over other people, not money status. Money can be important if it allows him to stay over the others, but if he doesn't need money to do that, he will not care for money in the least.

He can easily detach himself from people, emotions and situations.
He is conscious that life is not easy, which is one reason why he can loose patience with people complaining or talking about irrelevant or trivial things
Very generous of his person, but shall you betray his trust, he will become very cold or rude with you. He can still help you, but he'll be caucious.
He seems fond of righting the wrongs in his own, often hidden, ways.
If he looses control or power with others, for him it equals that they directly show lack of respect towards him. This seems unsufferable for him.
It's easier for him to become angry than explain himself clearly when someone doesn't understand him. (Gives up because of his lack of communicative abilities)

He judges on quality of character, personality and intelligence.

Showing his inner and personal feelings seems awfully hard, while showing his anger or distate for something seems quite easy. Repulsion of the external world is easy; Expression of his inner world is almost impossible.

He can hide gratitude and affection, but not favouritism, especially if the latter is intended to shock or provoke the others.
The Looks (physical)



He is sexy (I've seen this one all over the web! ; P )
Always wears black, which you find sexy
He is beautiful (synonyms: gorgious, a hunk, incredible, oh baby, etc)
His long shoulder-lenght black hair
Pale skin (vampire looks)
His clothes and robes
The way he walks like he was going to conquer the world!
The Looks (this is not about physical-attractive look)



He can neglect his appearance in order to repulse or because he knows nobody would care anyway.
Loves to wear proper classic clothes (Feels more confortable in classic than casual clothes)
He has good manners and he is naturally elegant.
He has class and a snobbish look, but he isn't snob in the sense that he doesn't look down on people according to their money, looks or situations.
Usuallly pale skin and thin because of hours spent reading inside or not enjoying social interactions
Very expressive eyes (communicates a lot with them)
Cold allures: He remains calm and cold in his external ways.
Working Methods



He is the perfectionist type of worker, never totally happy about what he produces.
He is passionate about his job/hobby (most likely an art or subject, not like a sport).
He has a real thirst for knowledge. Never misses an opportunity to learn even more. Hence, very educated!
He likes a job well done so, when necessary, he puts in loads of extra work to accomplish a work of superior quality
He prefers to work alone because of his perfectionism
He can be quite inventive and ressourcefull, especially if he is challenged
Very methodical
Consequences from his Past (those are ONLY suppositions!)



He doesn't seem to make a big deal about his childhood, but it seems that he has gained his personality from there.
For some reason, he doesn't feel good enough to merit any kindness. (Not used to being appreciated)
He was surely always alone at school which would explain his tendancy to withdraw himself from the outside world
He seems to have learned a long time ago to control his emotions or hide them.
Most propable school life: other children used to laugh at him or reject him because he was different or loved school. So, he prefered to be alone than to lower himself to befriend children who hurted him or used him for his talents at school.(Surely, he kept good grades as his only social standing)
He has an almost desperate need to be recognised by others, to show his worth or what he is capable of. (may be an obsession)
He seems to have suffer a lot from bitterness or loneliness in his past, which would explain his own bitter personality
He seem to have been misunderstood all the time, and underappreciated too. As if nobody ever took interest in him.
His "Faults"
(Actually, the followings are believed to be faults for most people! After all, that's why "Snapes" are seen alone. I should know, I'm like that myself and believe me, my friend-social circle barely begins and ends with my cat!)

It is difficult for him to be spontaneous and affectionate with his close relationships.
He doesn't know how to interact well with others, especially to people who are nice to him. Often difficult to find the right words or things to do so as not to hurt his surrounding because he is not used to that.
He hates loosing. He'll do anything not to loose. He takes it personaly when it happens (may feel like he believes he'll be of no use if he is not the best)
He hates having control taken out of his grasp. When it happens, he seems unable to control his aversion of it all. May even be obsessed or violent with not having control taken from him, especially over something that concerns him.
If he is cheated by someone, he will very likely hold a huge grudge against that person for a very long time, and may never let go. Forgive yes, but he'll always distrust the person.
His lack of diplomacy (too blunt and direct with his opinions) tends to create awkward, tensed or embarrassing situations. Often, he doesn't care much for that or doesn't notice its effects at all because he is confident he said the right things.
Although he is good-natured and never intend real offence, still his candid manners strain friendships or simply destroy them
His independence can cause him not to rely on others because he doesn't trust them or thinks they will not do something properly like he would.
Even though he hates people meddling in his affairs, this does not restraint him from doing it (especially because he believes he has the responsability to do so)
Most of the time, he is telling or showing others how to do something properly. (May be patient or not)
He seems the possessive type. (Being alone all of his life, it would be normal that he wants something to be just his)
He is very severe with his own actions compared to what he thinks of other people's actions. His own always seem less terrible than others'. It may even come up to a very strong self-hatred.
He has problems expressing his thoughts to others and may end up angry because he feels helpless about it. He gets angry at others because they don't understand him, but at the same time, he feels so helpless he is angry at himself!
Other traits



Tends to have unconventional friends (Sure thing with such a personality!!)
He doesn't seem to associate with people because he doesn't want to get hurt, to become attached and then be abandonned
He'll do anything for redemption as if he couldn't support anymore rejection for being what he is. Or because he wants to prove he is good and not a worthless person.
He seems to hide himself in a carefully well-built fortress where emotions or fears cannot enter at will.
He tends to self-loathe a lot, almost to the point of masochism.
Somehow, people fear to be around him. (because of what he might say, do or because they don't understand him)
His knowledge, instead of just being a passion, seems to have transformed itself into a protection from the outerworld. He uses knowledge like an armor or sword.
You get the impression that he needs to be loved, to be needed even though he tries to push people away from him. He seems to be wanted only for himself, nothing more, surely because he was often used for his abilities and then forgotten like an old rag! (I know the feeling!)
He knows what darkness/evil is like and tries his best not to fall into it because it's part of his nature somehow.
He has learned the hard way and tries to share his experience with younger people to help them face it or at least be more prepared

Illogical conclusions he draws are the result of frustration over something unknown to anyone by him

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The canon Severus Snape
English - England
Severus: a) strict in judgment, discipline, or government b) strict or stern bearing or manner
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin severus Date: 1548
Snape: Rowling said she was inspired by the name of a town in England. I don't know which Snape village she was referring too however. I'd say North Yorkshire's. And, She mentioned that she wanted it to sound like a hissing snake and remind us of snake and "to snap"(to utter sharp biting words) which is quite Snappish in character alright.



Non-canon: other meaning, names and places called Severus or Snape

Another meaning though not related to the story from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1996, 1998)
\Snape\, v. t. (Shipbuilding) To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.


Other interesting facts which give Snape's name a certain realism!

Snape is a real family name dating from the 1790's.
All Snape recorded over England by regions here (most popular places: Staffordshire, Lancashire and Shropshire parishes)

Snape is a village in Suffolk

Snape is a village in North Yorkshire

Snape Green is the name of a village in Lancashire

Fair Snape - The name of a fell at the western edge of the Forest of Bowland

Snape castle in the city of Snape, North Yorkshire



The Snape Family legend

One of my site's visitors is an authentic Snape from England. Here is a legend that runs in her family about their origin. Though nothing can be proved, I thought it would be nice for you all to know about it still. Which English family doesn't have its legend about their origins? Here is one told to my visitor by her dad and aunt: Their name would come from the druid times when people used to worship the sun, the moon and other natural phenomena. They said that their ancestors, the Snapes, were kind of druid leaders able to perform "magic" and ceremonies. The Snapes were said to be commonly found near the peat marshes of England because those places were seen as mystical due to the constant mist hanging over them. People used to believe they could contact the dead from there. Also, the Snapes would not have been seen as friendly and apparently were quite partial to sacrificing odd humans if they wanted to. Lindow man of Cheshire in the United Kingdom is supposed to be one of those human sacrificing marshes.



Septimius Severus - More information on the Roman Emperor (may have some relationship with Severus's name) Thanks to SM!

Saint Severus - There are a couple of Saints named Severus. Here's an example of St.Severus the Gaul and of St. Severus of Avranches

Severus Snape Around the World Translations

Europe

Note: I separated Europe in different geographical regions upon the Merriam-Webster's classification. Usually from left to right on a map.
West Europe


Sefran Sneip
Welsh - Wales
"fran" in sefran means "crow" and the surname is only a phonetic translation. Pronounce sevraan snape
Severo Snape
Portuguese - Portugal
Severo: severe, rigorous
Severus Snape
Spanish - Spain
Pronunciation: - Severus: /s/ /e/ /b/ /e/ /r/ /u/ /s/
-Snape: /e/ /s/ /n/ /e/ /i/ /p/ (at the beggining of the word we pronounce the s like it had an e (like in 'desk') before it.

Severus Rogue
French - France
Rogue: a rogue (as in English) It's the exact meaning of Snape in English. However, the alliteration is totally lost! I cannot say how much this sounds horrible in my language! It doesn't slide out of your tongue at all which is unusual for French.


Severus Sneep
Dutch Language - mainly Netherlands and Belgium
Sneep : doesn't mean anything, its a phonetic translation.

Swiss - Switzerland

South Europe

Severus Piton
Italian - Italy
Pronunciation: pi as in see
Piton: the right spelling is pitone which means a python.(I guess they changed the spelling to make it look more like a family name!)

Lucius Septimius Severus
(Thanks to Zizzi) Most Italian Snape sites talk about this, but it's rarely found on any English sites. That's why I decided to include it here. "Severus" is the name of the Italian family. Actually, there has been a whole dynasty of Severi. Lucius Septimius Severus (146 - 211 a.d.) was a Roman emperor. Here is a bibliography of him.



Robaus Raws
Slovenian - Slovenia (not Slovakia)
Robaus: rude, brutal, gruff or having rough manners
Raws: to scuffle, to tussle or near the word "strike" in Slovenian.


Severus Raws
Croatian - Croatia
(in Slovenian) Raws: to scuffle, to tussle or near the word "strike"

Bosnian - Bosnia

Severus Snejp
Serbian - Serb territory in ex-Yugoslavia


Yugoslavian - Yugoslavia

Séverous Snéip
Greek - Greece

Северус Снейп
Bulgarian - Bulgaria
The first name to represent Severus is coming from the Bulgarian word for North - СЕВЕР.

North Europe

Severus Snape
Icelandic - Island

Severus Slur
Norwegian - Norway
Slur : 2 potential meaning
a) might be a combination of the Norwegian words "slu" and "lur", which both translate as cunning.
b) if you remove the letter L of slur, you get "sur" which means both sour and grumpy


Severus Snape
Swedish - Sweden


Severus Kalkaros
Finnish - Finland
Kalkaros: pronounced as written (a-letters as in "arm") Comes from the word "kalkkarokäärme" which means rattlesnake


Severus Snape
Danish - Denmark


Severus Snape
Estonian - Estonia

Severas Sneipas
Lithuanian - Lithuania


Central Europe

Severus Snape
German - Germany
Pronunciation: stress on the second syllable of se-ve-rus


Austrian - Austria


Severus Snape
Czech - Czech Republic


Sewer or Seweryn Snape
Polish - Poland
Sewer or Seweryn: same meaning than Severus, from Latin


Severus Snape
Slovak - Slovakia

Perselus Piton
Hungarian - Hungary
Perselus: probably comes from Perseus, the difference is only the L letter. This is the latin form of his name. In Hungary, they prefer to write the Greek version of the name which is, phonetically, /Perszeusz/. Perseus was the Greek hero from mythology who cut off the head of the gorgon Medusa, the woman who had snakes as hair and transfigured anyone looking at her into stone. If I remember correctly, Perseus used a mirror to protect himself from her spell and was afterwards famed for his cunning. This link between the legend and Snape is very interesting indeed. It holds a strong symbol: Snape cutting the head of the snake-woman. It's paradoxal because Snape is a Slytherin. I love this translation!
Piton: like the Italian version, it means a python in Hungarian


East Europe

Северус Снэйп or
Ñåâåðóñ Ñíåãã (Sewerus Snejp - 1st variant) or
Ñåâåðóñ Ñíýéï (Sewerus Snegg - 2nd variant)
All depends on the alphabetic system used
Russian - Russia
Pronunciation: The pronunciation of the 1st variant is the same as in English (Severus Snejp), and the pronunciation of the official variant is Se-ve-rus Snegg. In both, the first name means "north", and the last name means "snow".
Meaning: In Russia, we could say that Severus Snape is not somebody who is strict and snappish, but somebody who is very cold, frosty.

Belarus

Ñåâåðóñ Ñíåéïn
Ukraine, Ukrainian
Pronunciation:the same as in Russian, only pronounciation is slightly different

Meaning: it means nothing in Ukrainian.
Severus Plesneala
Romanian - Romania
Meaning: “plesni” would mean to burst, to bang but also to slap someone's face

Moldova
Africa





Asia

(reference same for all
Asian languages)






Asia Minor and West Asia



Severus Snape
Turkish - Turkey
East Asia

Note: usually, in Asia, the u sounds more like oo (boot)

India

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Mandarin - China
a)Xi1-fu2-le4-si1 Si1-nei4-pu3 (for pronunciation see: CJVlang Site)
b)Si1-nei4-pu3 jiao4-shou4
Symbols are just for sound, not for meaning. However, each character represents a word: noun, adjective, verb, etc.
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Sai4-fo2-le4-si1 Shi2-nei4-bu3 (for pronunciation see: CJVlang Site)
Taiwan dialect - Taiwan
Symbols are just for sound, not for meaning. However, each character represents a word: noun, adjective, verb, etc.

Vietnamese - Vietnam


Pronunciation: Sé-bu-ru-su Su-né-i-pu
Japanese - Japan
Meaning: phonetic. It also exists in Japanese-Roman alphabet

South Korea
Pronunciation: Se-be-lu-seu Seu-ne-i-peu
North Korea
Pronunciation: Se-be-lu-su Su-ne-i-pu
Meaning: phonetic. It also exists in Korean-Roman alphabet

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snape like charcters
-The Phantom of the Opera
The Persecuted & Artistic Snape
-Elim Garak (Cardassian)
The Spy & Sly Snape
-Athos - Comte de la Fère
The Betrayed & Just Snape

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somewhat snapeish
Hugh Beringar- His looks are similar to that of Severus Snape: thin, dark, expressive face
Very private personality, his only friend (besides his wife who he deeply loves) is the equally sharp brother Cadfael.
His occupation: sheriff of Shropshire. In his working methods he proves himself to be cunning, methodical, logical, sharp, thorough, but also just and fair
He certainly doesn’t lack arrogance (to whomever he finds a dunderhead) and ambition..
From the reporter:
His looks are similar to that of Severus Snape: thin, dark, expressive face
Very private personality, his only friend (besides his wife who he deeply loves) is the equally sharp brother Cadfael.
His occupation: sheriff of Shropshire. In his working methods he proves himself to be cunning, methodical, logical, sharp, thorough, but also just and fair
He certainly doesn’t lack arrogance (to whomever he finds a dunderhead) and ambition.
-Black Adder First reporter:
Blackadder has captured the attention of hundreds of viewers. It is typically English and Blackadder, with his ready wit and sarcastic comebacks, reminds me irresistibly of Severus Snape.
Blackadder never wears any colour other than black, so his dress sense is similar to Snape's. He is very sarcastic and if Snape's not snarky then no one is.
Second Reporter:
I love blackadder and I love Snape, and where as they share a few traits they aren't as close in personality as other characters.
Lord Edmund Blackadder (Blackadder II)
- Dark hair
- Expressive Eyes
- Sly
- Cunning --> "I have a plan so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a weasel!"
- ambitious
- Large Nose
- Arrogant
- Status is important
- cruel
- Sarcastic

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FAMILY
Birthdate: January 9, 1958 or 1959
Ancestry: Half-blood.
Mother: Eileen Prince (witch --HBP30).
Father: Tobias Snape (muggle --HBP30).
Grandparents: ?
Siblings: ?
Spouse: ME (jk)
Children: Unknown, although JKR says he does not have a daughter
Childhood: Appears to have had an abusive father (OP26).
Location of childhood home:
Current residence: A brick row house on Spinner's End in what appears to be a rundown area of an industrial city in northern England (HBP2).

APPEARANCE
Hair: black and greasy, shoulder length.
Eyes: black.
Complexion: sallow, also described as very pale.
Distinguishing features: long, hooked nose, scowl; Dark Mark on left forearm but not always clearly visible.

Descriptions from the books:
"a professor with greasy black hair, a hooked nose, and sallow skin." (PS7)
"His eyes were black like Hagrid’s, but they had none of Hagrid’s warmth. They were cold and empty and made you think of dark tunnels" (PS8).
"uneven, yellow-ish teeth" (PA14).
"Snape-the-teenager had a stringy, pallid look about him, like a plant kept in the dark. His hair was lank and greasy and was flopping onto the table, his hooked nose barely half an inch from the surface of the parchment as he scribbled" (OP28).
SNAPE at HOGWARTS
Years: c. 1969 - 1976
House: Slytherin
Career: Hired as Potions Master & Head of Slytherin House at Hogwarts in 1981 (OP17); made Defense against the Dark Arts professor in 1996. Now a fugitive, whereabouts unknown.
Office: When he taught Potions it was located adjacent to the dungeon classroom where he taught the Potions classes.
From the books:
Sirius Black: "Snape’s always been fascinated by the Dark Arts, he was famous for it at school" (GF25).
Sirius Black: "Snape knew more curses when he arrived at school than half the kids in the seventh year and he was part of a gang of Slytherins who nearly all turned out to be Death Eaters" (GF25).
SNAPE at HOME
We finally get a glimpse of Snape's house when Narcissa and Bellatrix pay a visit. It is located on Spinner's End in a dreary, rundown industrial city in northern England.

The interior is dreary too: "a tiny sitting room, which had the feeling of a dark, padded cell. The walls were completely covered in books, most of them bound in old black or brown leather; a threadbare sofa, an old armchair, and a rickety table stood grouped together in a pool of dim light cast by a candle-filled lamp hung from the ceiling. The place had an air of neglect, as though it was not usually inhabited." (HBP2) Wormtail (aka Peter Pettigrew) is living there too.

SKILLS, AFFILIATIONS, ETC.
Wand: dragonheart string 13 in.
Organizations & affiliations: Death Eater, Order of the Phoenix.
Skills: Potions (i.e.: Wolfsbane and Veritaserum), curses, Occlumens.
Patronus:doe
Worst fear/memory: Possibly his worst memory is the humiliating episode when James Potter hung him upside down so his "graying" underwear showed, and Snape called Lily a "Mudblood." (OP28). However, Dumbledore thinks it was when Snape realized that Voldemort decided to go after the Potters because of the Prophecy (HBP25).
Boggart: ?
Punishment: Denounced as a Death Eater by Karkaroff at his trial; however Dumbledore vouched for his loyalty (GF30). Currently a fugitive as a result of his killing of Dumbledore.



Evidence that Snape is loyal to Dumbledore
Dumbledore vouched for Snape's loyalty before the Wizengamot (GF30)
Snape (along with McGonagall & Dumbledore) was visible in Barty Crouch Jr.'s Foe-Glass (GF35)
Dumbledore never expressed any distrust of Snape
Dumbledore says Snape was remorseful after he told Voldemort about the prophecy (HBP25).
After Voldemort's re-birth, Dumbledore gave Snape some sort of grim assignment (OP36)
Over and over (until HBP) Harry's suspicions of Snape prove to be unfounded; what Snape says is often at odds with what he does
Timing suggests that Snape may have been the person that tipped Dumbledore off that Voldemort planned to kill the Potter's child
According to Dumbledore, "Professor Snape's timely action when I returned to Hogwarts, desperately injured [after breaking the ring Horcrux], I might not have lived to tell the tale." (HBP23)

When Dumbledore said "Severus ... Please ..." he could have been asking Snape to end his life (HBP27).
Snape does not join the other Death Eaters after killing Dumbledore; instead, he rescues Draco and confronts Harry but does not kill him (HBP27)
Snape is a superb Occlumens and could have hidden his loyalty to Dumbledore from Voldemort

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"You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potionmaking," he began. [...] I don't expect you will really 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." (sS8)
"Hang on..." Harry muttered to Ron. "There's an empty chair at the staff table.... Where's Snape?"
"Maybe he's ill!" said Ron hopefully.
"Maybe he's left," said Harry, 'because he missed out on the Defense Against the Dark Arts job again!"
"Or he might have been sacked!" said Ron enthusiastically. "I mean, everyone hates him --"
"Or maybe," said a very cold voice right behind them, "he's waiting to hear why you two didn't arrive on the school train."
Harry spun around. There, his black robes rippling in a cold breeze, stood Severus Snape. He was a thin man with sallow skin, a hooked nose and greasy, shoulder-length black hair, and at this moment, he was smiling in a way that told Harry he and Ron were in very deep trouble. (CS5)
"Longbottom, at the end of this lesson we will feed a few drops of this potion to your toad and see that happens. Perhaps that will encourage you to do it properly." (PA7)

"Possibly no one's warned you, Lupin, but this class contains Neville Longbottom. I would advise you not to entrust him with anything difficult. Not unless Miss Granger is hissing instructions in his ear." [...]
Professor Lupin raised his eyebrows.
"I was hoping that Neville would assist me with the first stage of the operation, he said, and I am sure he will perform admirably." (PA7)

"That is the second time you have spoken out of turn, Miss Granger," said Snape coolly. "Five more points from Gryffindor for being an insufferable know-it-all." (PA9)

Snape's eyes were boring into Harry's. It was exactly like trying to stare down a hippogriff. Harry tried hard not to blink. (PA14)

"What would your head have been doing in Hogsmeade, Potter?" said Snape softly. "Your head is not allowed in Hogsmeade. No part of your body has permission to be in Hogsmeade." (PA14)

"How extraordinarily like your father you are, Potter," Snape said suddenly, his eyes glinting. "He too was exceedingly arrogant. A small amount of talent on the Quidditch field made him think he was a cut above the rest of us too. Strutting around the place with his friends and admirers ... The resemblance between you is uncanny." (PA14)

"Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business."
"Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony, and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git."
"Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a professor."
"Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slimeball." (PA14)

"Give me a reason," he whispered. "Give me a reason to do it, and I swear I will."
Black stopped dead. It would have been impossible to say which face showed more hatred. (PA19)

Fudge: "Ah well, Snape ... Harry Potter, you know ... we've all got a bit of a blind spot where he's concerned."
Snape: "And yet -- is it good for him to be given so much special treatment? Personally, I try and treat him like any other student." (PA21)
From Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
'Mad Eye' Moody: "'Course Dumbledore trusts you," growled Moody. "He's a trusting man, isn't he? Believes in second chances. But me -- I say there are spots that don't come off, Snape. Spots that never come off, d' you know what I mean?" (GF25)

"You might be laboring under the delusion that the entire wizarding world is impressed with you," Snape went on, so quietly that no one else could hear him, "but I don't care how many times your picture appears in the papers. To me, Potter, you are nothing but a nasty little boy who considers rules to be beneath him." (GF27)

Sirius: "Ever since I found out Snape was teaching here, I’ve wondered why Dumbledore hired him. Snape’s always been fascinated by the Dark Arts, he was famous for it at school. Slimy, oily, greasy-haired kid, he was." Sirius added, and Harry and Ron grinned at each other. "Snape knew more curses when he arrived at school than half the kids in seventh year, and he was part of a gang of Slytherins who nearly-all turned out to be Death Eaters." (GF27)

"What made you think he'd really stopped supporting Voldemort, Professor?"
Dumbledore held Harry's gaze for a few seconds, and then said, "That, Harry, is a matter between Professor Snape and myself." (GF30)

Snape strode forward, past Dumbledore, pulling up the left sleeve of his robes as he went. He stuck out his forearm and showed it to Fudge, who recoiled.
"There," said Snape harshly. "There. The Dark Mark. It is not as clear as it was an hour ago, when it burned black, but you can still see it. Every Death Eater had the sign burned into him by the Dark Lord." (GF36)

"Severus," said Dumbledore, turning to Snape, "you know what I must ask you to do. If you are ready ... if you are prepared ..."
"I am," said Snape.
He looked slightly paler than usual, and his cold, black eyes glittered strangely. (GF36)
What's that supposed to mean?" said Sirius, letting his chair fall back onto all four legs with a loud bang.
"Merely that I am sure you must feel -- ah -- frustrated by the fact that you can to nothing useful," Snape laid a delicate stress on the word, "for the Order."
It was Sirius's turn to flush. Snape's lip curled in triumph.... (OP24)

"I've warned you, Snivellus," said Sirius, his face barely a foot from Snape's, "I don't care if Dumbledore thinks you've reformed, I know better --"
"Oh, but why don't you tell him so?" whispered Snape. "Or are you afraid he might not take the advice of a man who has been hiding inside his mother's house for six months very seriously?"
"Tell me, how is Lucius Malfoy these days?" I expect he's delighted his lapdog's working at Hogwarts, isn't he?"
"Speaking of dogs," said Snape softly, "did you know that Lucius Malfoy recognized you last time you risked a little jaunt outside? Clever idea, Black, getting yourself seen on a safe station platform... gave you a cast-iron excuse not to leave your hidey-hole in future, didn't it?" (OP24)

Snape: "It is true, however, that those who have mastered Legilimency are able, under certain conditions, to delve into the minds of their victims and to interpret their findings correctly. The Dark Lord, for instance, almost always knows when somebody is lying to him. Only those skilled at Occlumency are able to shut down those feelings and memories that contradict the lie, and to utter falsehoods in his presence without detection." (OP24)

Snape: "The usual rules do not seem to apply to you, Potter. The curse that failed to kill you seems to have forged some kind of connection between you and the Dark Lord. The evidence suggests that at times, when your mind is most relaxed and vulnerable -- when you are asleep, for instance -- you are sharing the Dark Lord's thoughts and emotions. The headmaster thinks it inadvisable for this to continue. He wishes me to teach you how to close your mind to the Dark Lord." (OP24)

Harry: "How come I saw through the snake's eyes if it's Voldemort's thoughts I'm sharing?"
"Do not say the Dark Lord's name!" spat Snape. (OP24)

Snape has just made Harry remember how Cedric died: "I told you to empty yourself of emotion!"
"Yeah? Well, I'm finding that hard at the moment," Harry snarled.
"Then you will find yourself easy prey for the Dark Lord!" said Snape savagely. "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! He will penetrate your mind with absurd ease, Potter!" (OP24)

"That is just as well, Potter," said Snape coldly, "because you are neither special nor important, and it is not up to you to find out what the Dark Lord is saying to his Death Eaters."
"No -- that's your job, isn't it?" Harry shot at him.
He had not meant to say it; it had burst out of him in temper. For a long moment they stared at each other, Harry convinced he had gone too far. But there was a curious, almost satisfied expression on Snape's face when he answered.
"Yes, Potter," he said, his eyes glinting. "That is my job." (OP26)

"... suddenly Harry's mind was teeming with memories that were not his -- a hook-nosed man was shouting at a cowering woman, while a small dark-haired boy cried in a corner.... A greasy-haired teenager sat alone in a dark bedroom, pointing his wand at the ceiling, shooting down flies.... A girl was laughing as a scrawny boy tried to mount a bucking broomstick --"
"ENOUGH!" (OP26)

"Can you tell me something, sir?" said Harry, firing up again. "Why do you call Voldemort the Dark Lord, I've only ever heard Death Eaters call him that --"
Snape opened his mouth in a snarl -- and a woman screamed from somewhere outside the room. (OP26)

Snape's worst memory: And there he was, at a table right behind Harry. Harry stared. Snape-the-teenager had a stringy, pallid look about him, like a plant kept in the dark. His hair was lank and greasy and was flopping onto the table, his hooked nose barely half an inch from the surface of the parchment as he scribbled. (OP28)

Snape's worst memory: "This will liven you up, Padfoot," said James quietly. "Look who it is..."
"Excellent," he said softly. "Snivellus."
Harry turned to see what Sirius was looking at.
Snape was on his feet again, and was stowing the O.W.L. paper in his bag. As he emerged from the shadows of the bushes and set off across the grass, Sirius and James stood up. Lupin and Wormtail remained sitting: Lupin was still staring down at his book, though his eyes were not moving and a faint frown line had appeared between his eyebrows. Wormtail was looking from Sirius and James to Snape with a look of avid anticipation on his face.
"All right, Snivellus?" said James loudly.
Snape reacted so fast it was as though he had been expecting an attack. Dropping his bag, he plunged his hand inside his robes, and his wand was halfway into the air when James shouted "Expelliarmus!"
Snape's wand flew twelve feet into the air and fell with a little thud in the grass behind him. Sirius let out a bark of laughter. "Impedimenta!" he said, pointing his wand at Snape, who was knocked off his feet, halfway through a dive toward his own fallen wand.
Students all around had turned to watch. Some of them had gotten to their feet and were edging nearer to watch. Some looked apprehensive, others entertained.
Snape lay panting on the ground. James and Sirius advanced on him, wands up, James glancing over his shoulder at the girls at the water's edge as he went. Wormtail was on his feet now, watching hungrily, edging around Lupin to get a clearer view.
"How'd the exam go Snivelly?" said James.
"I was watching him, his nose was touching the parchment," said Sirius viciously. "There'll be great grease marks all over it, they won't be able to read a word." [...]
"Leave him ALONE!"
James and Sirius looked around. James's free hand jumped to his hair again.
It was one of the girls from the lake edge. She had thick dark red hair that fell to her shoulders and startlingly green almond-shaped eyes -- Harry's eyes.
Harry's mother... (OP28)

Snape's worst memory: "LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Lily shouted. She had her own wand out now. James and Sirius eyed it warily.
"Ah, Evans, don't make me hex you," said James earnestly.
"Take the curse off him, then!"
James sighed deeply, then turned to Snape and muttered the countercurse.
"There you go," he said, as Snape struggled to his feet again, "you're lucky Evans was here, Snivellus--"
"I don't need help from filthy little Mudbloods like her!" (OP28)

Snape's worst memory: "So," said Snape, gripping Harry's arm so tightly Harry's hand was starting to feel numb. "So ... been enjoying yourself, Potter?"
"N-no ..." said Harry, trying to free his arm.
It was scary: Snape's lips were shaking, his face was white, his teeth were bared.
"Amusing man, your father, wasn't he?" said Snape, shaking Harry so hard that his glasses slipped down his nose.
"I -- didn't --"
Snape threw Harry from him with all his might. Harry fell hard onto the dungeon floor.
"You will not repeat what you saw to anybody!" Snape bellowed.
"No," said Harry, getting to his feet as far from Snape as he could, "No, of course I w--"
"Get out, get out, I don't want to see you in this office ever again!"
And as Harry hurtled toward the door, a jar of dead cockroaches exploded over his head. (OP28)

Lupin: "I wouldn't want you to judge your father on what you saw there, Harry. He was only fifteen --"
"I'm fifteen!" said Harry heatedly.
"Look Harry," said Sirius placatingly, "James and Snape hated each other from the moment they set eyes on each other, it was just one of those things, you can understand that, can't you? I think James was everything Snape wanted to be -- he was popular, he was good at Quidditch, good at pretty much everything. And Snape was just this little oddball who was up to his eyes in the Dark Arts and James -- whatever else he may have appeared to you, Harry -- always hated the Dark Arts." (OP29)

Snape won't cooperate with Umbridge: "You are on probation!" shrieked Professor Umbridge, and Snape looked back at her, his eyebrows slightly raised. "You are being deliberately unhelpful! I expected better, Lucius Malfoy always speaks most highly of you! Now get out of my office!" (OP32)

Snape had emerged from the staircase leading down to his office, and at the site of him Harry felt a great rush of hatred beyond anything he felt toward Malfoy.... What ever Dumbledore said, he would never forgive Snape ... never ... (OP38)