Hogwarts
10 June 2014
My inner Potterhead is screaming! Couldn’t go to the UK without visiting the Warner Brothers Studio. Love the Wizarding World so much. I still remember the air of excitement and anticipation each book release brought, how it filled my summer breaks with purpose, counting down the days until the books were finally available in Manila, then immediately devouring the story once I had my own copy in my hands. And then the films came and it rounded out my love for this franchise. I don’t think a single book has influenced my life as much as Harry Potter did. It has guided me on the type of friends I ended up seeking out - those who live life with an effervescent vitality and see the magic in the mundane.
Like any millennial, my friends and I have talked about which Hogwarts house we’d be in. I’m definitely Ravenclaw but if I’m being honest, I think I went to Beauxbaton 🌜 also, I’m such a nerd that I’m posting this specifically today, on Ron Weasley’s birthday LOL
“And now, Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.”
“Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.”
“I solemnly swear I am up to no good.”
“The thing about growing up with Fred and George is that you sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.”
“Don’t let the muggles get you down.”
“It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
“To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
“Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.”
“The stories we love best do live in us forever. So whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.”
“Mischief managed.”