Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide (Pottermore Presents, #3)

by J.K. Rowling

The Marauder’s Map is lasting testimony to the advanced magical ability of the four friends who included Harry Potter’s father, godfather and favourite teacher.

unwittingly passing it on to the child of one of the creators.

The inspiration for Moaning Myrtle was the frequent presence of a crying girl in communal bathrooms, especially at the parties and discos of my youth. This does not seem to happen in male bathrooms, so I enjoyed placing Harry and Ron in such uncomfortable and unfamiliar territory in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

there comes a point when holding on to your dreams becomes unhelpful and even unhealthy.

life can pass you by while you are clinging on to a wish that can never be – or ought never to be – fulfilled.