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New York Times readers share a moment when they have felt truly swept off their feet — or have been the ones doing the sweeping. (Bonus: more stories from the comments)

“There is no good and evil. There is only power and those too weak to seek it.”

HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS 2002 | dir. Chris Columbus

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire dir. Mike Newell | 2005

@dicaprios requested: gifset of hermione granger

MOLLY & ARTHUR WEASLEY   —  i looked at      him  as a friend until i realized i      loved  him.

“Or perhaps in Slytherin, you’ll make your real friends. Those cunning folk use any means to achieve their ends.”

“It’s good, isn’t it? I wanted to have it chewing up a serpent to represent Slytherin, you know, but there wasn’t time.”

Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves it’s own mark. To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.

Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year.