Unlocking Harry Potter Quotes

“We are created as images of God, but, in order to become His likeness, we must die to the old fallen man in us, and choose rightly the means to our perfection.”
― John Granger, Unlocking Harry Potter: Five Keys for the Serious Reader

“We act as if we know what’s really going on when we haven’t a clue about what any of the players in our lives are doing and thinking. Just like Harry.

Reading Harry Potter is a delightful introduction to the importance of striving to understand how little we are seeing through our eyeballs and how much our prejudices cloud even what we think we are seeing. Can’t get much more important than that. The Greeks called it, “Gnothi Seauton,” Know Thyself.”
― John Granger, Unlocking Harry Potter: Five Keys for the Serious Reader

“In my experience, all the good literature professors, the ones that are able to get you to see the genius and magic of a book, begin the same way. They provide an overview of the historical beliefs, prejudices, and concerns of the era when the book was written and how the specific writer conformed, or did not conform with these beliefs -- especially important when studying books, plays, or poems written a long time ago.”
― John Granger, Unlocking Harry Potter: Five Keys for the Serious Reader

“By reflecting on Ms. Rowling’s choices and her artistry, you may gain a new perspective on reading and art in general that opens other books and films and poems and plays.”
― John Granger, Unlocking Harry Potter: Five Keys for the Serious Reader

“People I call ‘Serious Readers,’ like Lewis’ ‘literary man and woman,’ not only re-read books they love but want to know ore about their favorites and why they love them. Beyond reading what they can about the author, serious readers read reviews and published reflections of other serious readers.”
― John Granger, Unlocking Harry Potter: Five Keys for the Serious Reader