"Yeh look a lot like yer dad, but yeh've got yer mom's eyes." -Hagrid ~ Chapter 4 ~ page 47 ~ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
"You have your mother's eyes." -Mr. Ollivander ~ Chapter 5 ~ page 82 ~ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
This phrase is repeated throughout the entire series of Harry Potter books. Why is J.K. Rowling so focused on the fact that Harry has his mother's eyes? Is this supposed to be taken literally or figuratively? Normally when someone says, "You have your mother's eyes.", it means that their eyes look similar to their mother's. However, the fact that Rowling repeats this over and over again leads me to believe that something more important is going on here.
Now this is a stretch, but...after Harry's parents were killed by Voldemort, there was possibly a 24-hour period before Harry was delivered to the Dursley's doorstep. Could Harry's scar be a link to the fact that he actually has his mother's eyes? Could Voldemort (or someone else) have replaced his eyes with his mother's? And if so, what happened to Harry's eyes? Are they a Horcrux? Can he see differently as a result?
I'm still working on this theory because it really does sound ridiculous, but in an interview with the Boston Globe in 1999, Rowling says, "Harry has his father and mother's good looks. But he has his mother's eyes and that's very important in a future book."
So while it may not be taken that Harry literally has his mother's eyes, Rowling did specifically mention it time and time again for a reason.
