written word wednesday: first of september

it's written word wednesday! hopefully this trend is catching on. music mondays and follow fridays are getting old.


it's september 1st, the day that the hogwarts express leaves from king's cross. you know, if you keep track of those sorts of dates.

so it's only fitting that today's book is:


harry potter and the deathly hallows.

only one of the best books ever. and i know not everyone's into the whole hp craze, but i cannot say that i am in that unfortunate group of haters.

this book is great on so many levels: the story is good, if you're into it, it's very english (england english), it's extremely well written because jk rowling is a genius, and its themes can be widely applied to "real" life. the power of love, resistance, endurance, friendship, etc., all carry through to the end of the series and culminate in a huge way in this final book. and, this is a great guide to being homeless wanderers, if you ever find yourself in that position. even if you don't follow the series or if you're not a particularly hardcore hp fan, you can appreciate all this book has to offer in the way of transcendental significance and symbolic meaning. it exudes innocence and purity of heart, stressing their supremacy over hatred and prejudice. and we could all use a refresher on the importance of purity of heart these days, right?

plus, did i mention that jk rowling is a genius?

quote highlights:

"dawn seemed to follow midnight with indecent haste."

"he looked out over the ocean and felt closer, this dawn, than ever before, closer to the heart of it all."

"of course it is happening inside your head, harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?"

"we're all human, aren't we? every human life is worth the same, and worth saving."

"from their high vantage point the village looked like a collection of toy houses in the great slanting shafts of sunlight stretching to earth in the breaks between clouds."

...and way, way more. i would quote the whole book if it wasn't illegal-ish.

anyway, great book and jk rowling is almost as cool as hermione granger. almost. and i probably just lost five or six, or all of my followers on twitter. but haters can hate. now that i've released all my hp nerding energy (nerding is a word. i just made it up, but now it's a word), here's a non-hp related quote to brighten your wednesday.