Heart Hogwarts

1991 // 1996

autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. the morning of the first september was crisp and golden as an apple.

Happy back to school!

❝ but I am the chosen one. ❞

The narrow path had opened suddenly onto the edge of a great black take. Perched atop a high mountain on the other side, its windows sparkling in the starry sky, was a vast castle with many turrets and towers.

“The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls, to be perused by an invader. The mind is a complex and many-layered thing.”

One Hour Ollivanders Shop Ambience 

Back to Hogwarts

“He wanted to be stopped, to be dragged back, to be sent back home… But he was home. Hogwarts was the first and best home he had known. He and Voldemort and Snape, the abandoned boys, had all found home here…”

She had it coming She had it coming She only had herself to blame

“It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.” 

To celebrate The Boy Who Lived’s birthday this year—he’s 38 on July 31—we’re going to take a trip through five of the most wonderful wizarding homes Harry comes to know and sometimes love very much. To narrow it down, we selected homes showcased in the films that had some coveted real-world features (wizards love brick fireplaces!). We also factored in other elements like Harry’s experiences there, and the general demeanor of its owners. Sure, Malfoy Manor is sick AF, but it is also cold—both temperature wise and emotionally—plus people were tortured there, so you won’t find it amongst our top five (feel free to let your father hear about it, Draco).

“Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.”

You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself most plainly when you have need of him.

“‘I’m not as good as you,’ said Harry, very embarrassed, as she let go of him. ‘Me!’ said Hermione. ‘Books! And cleverness! There are more important things – friendship and bravery…’”

happy birthday *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧  @thorvinn !