potionsmasters:

Book moments I wish had been in the movies: 1/?

“This is just as well, Potter,’ said Snape coldly,
‘because you are neither special nor important, and it’s 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.
Harry 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’s my job.”
– Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, chapter 26