a-harry-potter-blog:

1997 - 2011

• Harry Potter taught me that some things are worth dying for.
• Ron Weasley taught me that believing in yourself is a hundred times more powerful than luck.
• Hermione Granger taught me that an education is a girl’s best asset, even if it doesn’t make you many friends.
• Severus Snape taught me to never, ever, ever judge someone.
• Rubeus Hagrid taught me that anything can be cute with the right perspective.
• Ginny Weasley taught me that bold is beautiful.
• Lily Potter taught me that a mother’s love is the strongest force on earth.
• Remus Lupin taught me that fear is the only thing I should be afraid of.
• Dolores Umbridge taught me that education with a political agenda is a terrible, terrible thing.
• Sirius Black taught me that the ones we love never truly leave us.
• Albus Dumbledore taught me that good people are not always good.
• Draco Malfoy taught me that bad people are not always bad.
• Neville Longbottom taught me that courage is standing up for what’s right, even when you’re scared out of your mind.
• Luna Lovegood taught me that weird is wonderful.
• Dobby taught me that freedom is a gift.
• Lucius Malfoy taught me that no amount of money, pomp, or circumstance will buy you true friends.
• Fred & George Weasley taught me that sometimes all you need is a good laugh.
• The Dursleys taught me that a world without imagination is a dull and dreary place.
• Arthur Weasley taught me that a good sense of curiosity and a bit of obsession can be healthy.
• Fleur Delacour taught me that true love is not based on appearance.
• Molly Weasley taught me that a happy family is not measured in gold.
• Bellatrix Lestrange taught me that hatred and prejudice rot your mind and can turn even the most beautiful person into a monster.
• Kreacher taught me that if you want to get to know a man, look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
• Cho Chang taught me that rebound relationships almost never work.
• Nymphadora Tonks taught me to love myself, no matter what I look like.
• Percy Weasley taught me that, in the end, no career is worth sacrificing your family.
• Sybill Trelawney taught me that you cannot change the past, only the future.
• Lavender Brown taught me that physical relationships only last for so long.
• Peter Pettigrew taught me that rats do not make good friends.
• Nicholas Flamel taught me that to the well-prepared mind, death is but the next great adventure.
• Minerva McGonagall taught me that a good cause is worth fighting for at any age.
• Hedwig taught me that the love we have for our pets is very real.
• Lord Voldemort taught me that a life without love is barely living.
• J. K. Rowling taught me that the stories we love will always be with us.

Until the very end.

(Source: are-you-a-witch-or-not, via inpotterwetrust-deactivated2011)