Made by
geena
Theme: Literary
- His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.
- It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
- If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
- Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
- It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.
- Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.
- Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.
- Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.
- Time is making fools of us again.
- Wait for it all to turn up - it always does in the end.
- There is no good or evil: only power and those too weak to seek it.
- The consequences of our actions are so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed.
- What's coming will come and we'll meet it when it does.
- Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.
- It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
from Harry Potter by JK Rowling.
Mod note May 2025: in the years since the original list was made, JK Rowling has become highly visible as an anti-Trans activist (among other bigotries). Because of that, we offer an alternative, Wizard of Oz themed list below. (Baum was also not a great person, but he's dead)
Made by
silvercat17
Theme: Film
- There's no place like home
- Follow the yellow brick road
- Are you a good witch or a bad witch?
- Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
- Lions, and tigers and bears! Oh my!
- I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog too!
- Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.
- What makes a king out of a slave? Courage!
- You ought to be ashamed of yourself, frightening him like that when he came to you for help!
- Some people without brains do an awful amount of talking, don't they?
- Ding dong the witch is dead
- We're off to see the wizard
- I'm a very good man, I'm just a very bad wizard
- Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true
- Look what you’ve done! I’m melting! melting! Oh, what a world! What a world! Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness?
( Plain text version below )
Banners (by
silvercat17):