Harry Potter : Is this all real? Or is it just happening inside my head? Professor Albus Dumbledore : Of course it's happening inside your head, Harry. Why should that mean that it's not real?
Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice sounded loud and strong in Harry's ears even though the bright mist was descending again, obscuring his figure. “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
This is my favourite quote from the HP series. For me it gives validation to those things that happen within us and not in the external world. Our feelings, how some experiences affect us, powerful and persisting thoughts, hope... all of that, good or bad, we like it or not are part of the reality we live in.Apr 24, 2020
While no, there is no actual Harry Potter, he was based on a real person! JK Rowling drew her inspiration for The Boy Who Lived from her neighbor Ian Potter who lived just four doors down from Rowling when she was a child.Oct 29, 2020
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian DumbledoreAlbus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore was so much more than the headmaster of Hogwarts. While you might know all about his discovery of the uses of dragon's blood, his London Underground-shaped scar or his fluency in Mermish, there is much about the powerful wizard you might have missed…Apr 11, 2018
DumbledoreIt is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." These wise words, spoken after Harry has emerged from the Chamber of Secrets, abate Harry's fear that he shares traits with Tom Riddle. Dumbledore explains the connection between the major heroic lessons in this novel.
"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real?"Feb 20, 2017
“Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself.” “I'm hoping to do some good in the world!” “I mean, you could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist!” “Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have!”
PotterheadsDiehard fans of the series are called "Potterheads". Some even theme their weddings around Harry Potter.
In 2004, though, Rowling said that she did not base Voldemort on any real person. In 2006, Rowling told an interviewer that Voldemort at his core has a human fear: the fear of death. She said: "Voldemort's fear is death, ignominious death....Lord VoldemortHouseSlytherinBorn31 December 1926Died2 May 199815 more rows
Among those words was Muggle. A Muggle is a non-magical person. It's a noun ("The Dursleys are Muggles") and can be used attributively (as in "the Muggle world," above).Mar 25, 2022
Harry Potter fans may not know the exact location of an American Hogwarts, but the real one exists in England. Alnwick Castle stood in for the famed wizarding school in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.Jun 25, 2015