If my calculations are correct, Snape was referred to only 33 times in this book -- a disappointment to me. Index (June 1999 edition): 3, 77-82, 143-145, 146, 159-160, 165, 186-195, 236, 239, 245, 259, 267-268, 293-294, and 298.
Before jumping into Snape quotes, here are a few quotes that I found notable...
Page 128: This is the first mention of the infamous vanishing cabinet (Half Blood Prince) and I certainly missed it the first time around.
"That vanishing cabinet was extremely valuable!" he [Filch] was saying gleefully to Mrs. Norris. "We'll have Peeves out this time, my sweet --"
Library dialog that I adore...
Ron shook his head, wide-eyed. Hermione, however, clapped a hand to her forehead.
"Harry -- I think I've just understood something! I've got to go to the library!"
And she sprinted away, up the stairs.
"What does she understand?" said Harry distractedly, still looking around, trying to tell where the voice had come from.
"But why's she got to go to the library?"
"Because that's what Hermione does," said Ron, shrugging, "When in doubt, go to the library."And now onto Snape quotes! Another mindreading reference (page 79):
Ron gulped. This wasn't the first time Snape had given Harry the impression of being able to read minds.
Page 143. Even though the text states "as though he doubted it", Snape did not have to question the trio. By questioning the trio, he was giving them a chance to offer a defense.
"Potter and his friends may have simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time," he said, a slight sneer curling his mouth as though he doubted it.
Perhaps another mindreading reference...page 187.
"If I ever find out who threw this," Snape whispered, "I shall make sure that person is expelled."
Harry arranged his face into what he hoped was a puzzled expression. Snape was looking right at him, and the bell that rang ten minutes later could not have been more welcome.
"He knew it was," Harry told Ron and Hermione as they hurried back to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. "I could tell."
Hermione threw the new ingredients into the cauldron and began to stir feverishly.
"It'll be ready in two weeks," she said happily.
"Snape can't prove it was you," said Ron reassuringly to Harry, "What can he do?"
These next few quotes come from the introduction to the dueling club. Given that Lockhart is a fake and incompetent wizard, considering Snape's hatred of Potter, I felt he was certainly looking out for him. Snape could have done much worse.
(Page 192):
"Stop! Stop!" screamed Lockhart, but Snape took charge.
"Finite Incantatem!" he shouted; Harry's feet stopped dancing, Malfoy stopped laughing, and they were able to look up.
On pages 194 - 195, Harry spoke Parseltongue and stopped Draco's snake from attacking Justin Finch-Fletchley.
Snape stepped forward, waved his wand, and the snake vanished in a small puff of black smoke. Snape, too, was looking at Harry in an unexpected way: It was a shrewd and calculating look, and Harry didn't like it. He was also dimly aware of an ominous muttering all around the walls. Then he felt a tugging on the back of his robes.
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