At least no one on the Gryffindor team had to buy their way in. They got in on pure talent.
J. K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Talent Over Wealth
T
Death as an Adventure
D
After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
J. K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Power vs. Morality
P
There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.
J. K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
The Power of Love
T
To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.
J. K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Bonding in Adversity
B
There are some things you can’t share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.
J. K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Naming Our Fears
N
Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
J. K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
The Magic of Music
T
Ah, music, he said, wiping his eyes. A magic beyond all we do here!
J. K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Gryffindor’s Brave Heart
G
You might belong in Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve, and chivalry Set Gryffindors apart;
J. K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
The Perils of Expulsion
T
I hope you’re pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed — or worse, expelled.
J. K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Hagrid’s Protective Stance
H
Hagrid, You keep out of this. I’m warning you. I’m going to drag them off to the Ministry if they’ve done anything wrong.
J. K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone