Rainbow Lists

Made by geena

Theme: Literary

1. 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.
2. It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
3. If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
4. Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
5. It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.
6. Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.
7. Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.
8. Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.
9. Time is making fools of us again.
10. Wait for it all to turn up - it always does in the end.
11. There is no good or evil: only power and those too weak to seek it.
12. The consequences of our actions are so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed.
13. What's coming will come and we'll meet it when it does.
14. Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.
15. 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

1. There's no place like home
2. Follow the yellow brick road
3. Are you a good witch or a bad witch?
4. Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
5. Lions, and tigers and bears! Oh my!
6. I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog too!
7. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.
8. What makes a king out of a slave? Courage!
9. You ought to be ashamed of yourself, frightening him like that when he came to you for help!
10. Some people without brains do an awful amount of talking, don't they?
11. Ding dong the witch is dead
12. We're off to see the wizard
13. I'm a very good man, I'm just a very bad wizard
14. Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true
15. 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?

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