Remember flashing through the pages of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone until 3a.m. on a school night? Remember those midnight showings in the movie theater in your hand-made wizard gown as you pretended to Avada Kedavra those obnoxious muggles around you? All those times that you have laughed, cried and mourned next to these characters as if they were your best friends? Harry Potter is one of the only pieces of literature that has connected to millions of different people from around the world in the form of a story and magical words that changed the lives of all who have encountered and lived by the fantasy world of wizards. Whether your copy may be highlighted, marked, tear-stained, torn and read more times than you can remember, there are just some inspiring and magical quotes, that, no matter what, stay in our hearts forever.

1. “Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic.” — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Dealthy Hallows,

2. ”It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” — Neville Longbottom, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

3. “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

4. “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

5. “Happiness can be found in even the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

6. “‘After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure,”’ — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

7. “Wit beyond measure is a man’s greatest treasure.” — Luna Lovegood, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

8. “It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more."--Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

9. “Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love.” — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Dealthy Hallows

10. “If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.” --- Sirius Black, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

11. “Don’t let the muggles get you down!” — Ron Weasley, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban