Harry Potter
Quote for the ages
03/12/09 17:25
I haven’t
blogged at all about my Harry Potter self---that’s
probably OK. I’m not an expert or a fangirl, just a
literature geek, though I play both of the other
roles in my HP class. I think the HP series is one of
the best in the history of literature. I can’t
articulate why. Lots of reasons, I guess.
I’m doing some academic writing about Harry these days, and I ran across the quote below (again). The first time I read it, I realized it was the PERFECT description of what fiction should do for us. Today I was reading interviews with JK Rowling, and she mentioned she’d been waiting 17 years to get to use those words. They’re well done, Jo.
So, from DEATHLY HALLOWS, p. 723:
“Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?”
Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice sounded loud and strong in Harry’s ears even though the bright mist was descending again, obscuring his figure.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
Rock on, Dumbledore.
And, if you’d like a bound galley of HP AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, signed by JKR, it will cost you $242, 485.43 from Abebooks.com. Send me three!
I’m doing some academic writing about Harry these days, and I ran across the quote below (again). The first time I read it, I realized it was the PERFECT description of what fiction should do for us. Today I was reading interviews with JK Rowling, and she mentioned she’d been waiting 17 years to get to use those words. They’re well done, Jo.
So, from DEATHLY HALLOWS, p. 723:
“Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?”
Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice sounded loud and strong in Harry’s ears even though the bright mist was descending again, obscuring his figure.
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
Rock on, Dumbledore.
And, if you’d like a bound galley of HP AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, signed by JKR, it will cost you $242, 485.43 from Abebooks.com. Send me three!
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