Different books help you escape to different realities. One of the most common and greatest escapes is the Harry Potter series. Every Harry Potter book gives you different pieces of advice as you grow up with the characters. Even though these characters have magic, each one teaches us how to become respectable, kind, and decent human beings. Here are what each character taught us, well what most of the characters taught us (this is not for the faint of heart):
1. Katie Bell
Dont take things from strangers in bathrooms.
2. Regulus Arcturus Black
It is never t0o late to redeem yourself and choose to be good.
3. Sirius Black
A true friend fights for their friends and to protect what they believe in.
4. Lavender Brown
Don't be "that girl".
5. Dobby
Stand up for what you believe in no matter how painful.
6. Albus Dumbledore
"The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution."
7. Dudley Dursley
The person you hated most as a child could become the one to protect you in the future.
8. Marjorie Dursley
Watch what you say.
9. Petunia Dursley
A life in constant envy just leads to pain.
10. Arabella Figg
Someone is always looking out for you
11. Argus Filch
Don't live a life revolved around cleaning up other peoples messes while your life is still a mess.
12. Seamus Finnigan
Form your own opinions, not just those your parents hold.
13. Cornelius Fudge
Do not live in denial.
14. Hermione Granger
Use the buddy system, aka don't go to the bathroom alone when there are trolls in the dungeon, and that is ok to be overly ready to learn and be absolutely brilliant.
15. Rubeus Hagrid
Be kind to the animals and people around you no matter how harsh they seem.
16. Viktor Krum
Go for the smart girls.
17. Gilderoy Lockhart
Sometimes the only person you are fooling is yourself.
18. Alice and Frank Longbottom
Fight for what you believe in.
19. Neville Longbottom
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” Also, do not wait for a hero to come save you, become your own hero.
20. Luna Lovegood
It is ok to be a little strange and different from everyone else
21. Xenophilius Lovegood
Family is everything.
22. Remus Lupin
No matter how scared you think you are people love you and will change to make you more comfortable.
23. Draco Malfoy
It is ok to admit you're wrong and accept defeat, even if it takes you a while to get there. Merely surviving is sometimes ok.
24. Minerva McGonagall
"Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes."
25. Moaning Mytrle
Eventually someone will listen to the importance of what you say.
26. Peeves
You can be great and yet forgotten.
27. Peter Pettigrew
Snitches get stitches.
28. Harry Potter
Chose your friends wisely and that who you decide to be as kids defines how you will act as adults. Even when you feel like your parents will just never understand you, at least they aren't the Dursleys. Be grateful for what you have, because you don't live in a cupboard under the stairs.
29. James and Lily Potter
Love conquers all.
30. Quirinus Quirrell
People are two-faced.
31. Rita Skeeter
Just because someone said it doesn't make it true.
32. Horace Slughorn
Fight or flight, we will always end up having to fight.
33. Severus Snape
Some people aren't as they seem. A tougher exterior can lead to a loving interior after all this time.
34. Sybill Patricia Trelawney
Some people won't listen to what you have to say despite the merit.
35. Dolores Jane Umbridge
Some evil is packaged with a pink bow on top.
36. Lord Voldemort
You don't need a nose to be evil.
37. Arthur Weasley
It's ok to be amused by simple things.
38. Fred and George Weasley
Live life with a smile and always have fun.
39. Ginny Weasley
Everybody makes mistakes.
40. Molly Weasley
Swearing is ok, when fighting Bellatrix.
41. Percy Weasley
Ask for forgiveness when you're wrong.
42. Ron Weasley
Be generous, even when you have nothing to give.
I am sorry for the long list, but also you're welcome because I left out a lot of other characters.
