By Gryffindor, the bravest were Prized far beyond the rest; For Ravenclaw, the cleverest Would always be the best; For Hufflepuff, hard workers were Most worthy of admission; And power-hungry Slytherin Loved those of great ambition.

harrypotterhousequotes: “Like racism and all forms of prejudice, bigotry against transgender people is a deadly carcinogen. We are pitted against each other in order to keep us from seeing each other as allies. Genuine bonds of solidarity can be forged between people who respect each other’s differences and are willing to fight their enemy together. We are the class that does the work of the world, and can revolutionize it. We can win true liberation.” –Leslie Feinberg (Transgender Liberation: A Movement Whose Time Has Come)

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RAVENCLAW: “The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive… Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create – so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, his very breath is cut off from him. He must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency he is not really alive unless he is creating.” –Pearl S. Buck 29th September 2020 34 notes

GRYFFINDOR: “When he contemplated the many diseases and potential accidents threatening him, he was positively astounded that he had managed to survive in good health for as long as he had. It was miraculous. Each day he faced was another dangerous mission against mortality. And he had been surviving them for twenty-eight years.” –Joseph Heller (Catch-22) 29th September 2020 53 notes

SLYTHERIN: “No matter how many times you save the world it always manages to get back in jeopardy again. Sometimes I just want it to stay saved, y'know. For a little bit. I feel like the maid. I just cleaned up the mess! Can we keep it clean for – for ten minutes!?” –Brad Bird (Bob Parr: The Incredibles) 29th September 2020 206 notes

RAVENCLAW: “Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?” –Jane Austen (Sense and Sensibility) 28th September 2020 164 notes

GRYFFINDOR: “Stop burdening the gods. Stop cursing the devil. They will make no path for you. They gave you their dark gifts: reason and will. Now you must make your own way.” –Jennifer Donnelly (Stepsister) 28th September 2020 139 notes