11 Brilliant Harry Potter Quotes To Celebrate J.K. Rowling's Birthday
Happy birthday, JK ... oh, and you too, Harry!
July 31st should be an international holiday. Though for many of us Potterheads around the world, it is! At least in our hearts.
Because today marks the birthday of Harry Potter (fictional) and J.K. Rowling's REAL birthday. Yes, the Queen herself gave her main character her same special day.
And while I am not one to normally find myself overly grateful for the birth of a celebrity who doesn't know my name, well, J.K. Rowling is an exception.
Without her, Harry Potter would not exist.
The boy who lived under the stairs would never have been rescued.
We would live in a world without Hogwarts as an ever-welcoming home, no matter who you are.
What a dark and depressing world it would have been.
Because Harry Potter has taught us what it means to be a person.
We learned how to love and how to be a person who fights for what is right and what they believe in. We learned that not all heroes are perfect and not all bad guys are completely evil (OK with the exception of a certain pink Witch).
J.K. taught us that it doesn't matter what your colors are — be it green, blue, yellow or red.
We are all humans who deserve happiness, kindness, love, and friendship.
Seriously, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series actually make us better people!
More than that, she created a fandom so powerful that she literally united people of all faiths, race, nationalities, orientation.
A Potterhead is a Potterhead and that's all that matters to true fans.
And so, on their joint birthday, I feel it would be remiss as a fan and as a proud Gryffindor not to say THANK YOU!
Thank you for saving that 11-year-old boy from under the stairs of number 4 Privet Drive.
Thank you for letting us help him find the Stone, enter the Chamber, rescue the Prisoner, be selected by the Goblet, fight in the Order, learn from the Prince and destroy the Hallows.
Thank you for inspiring generations.
Thank you for giving us magic in a world that may not always deserve some.
Most importantly, thank you for creating Harry Potter.
Without further ado, let's look back at some of the 11 best Harry Potter quotes that moved us, comforted us, taught us and will continue to inspire us for a lifetime.
1 Harry Potter taught us that no one is perfect.
2J.K. Rowling taught us that you can do anything you want.
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"Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve." — Ginny Weasley
3Harry taught us that believing in yourself in the best magic of all.
"Working hard is important. But there is something that matters even more: believing in yourself. " — Harry Potter
4The people we love leave footprints in our lives.
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"The ones that love us never really leave us. We can always find them, in here." — Sirius Black
5J.K. Rowling taught us that there is ALWAYS hope.
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"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times. If one only remembers to turn on the light." — Professor Albus Dumbledore
6They taught us that life is a rollercoaster, one that makes us stronger.
"What's life without a few dragons?" — Ron Weasley
7Harry Potter taught us about the important things in life.
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"Books and cleverness! There are more important things — friendship and bravery..." — Hermione Granger
8J.K. Rowling showed us that real love knows no bounds and has no limitations.
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"After all this time?" — Albus Dumbledore
"Always." — Severus Snape
9 Harry Potter taught us the true power of our words.
"Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic, capable of both inflicting injury and remedying it." — Albus Dumbledore
10We learned that no matter what life throws at us, we can handle it.
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11Most importantly, Harry Potter taught us that life is unexpected...but that's what makes it so much fun!
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