for tumblr awards winner @aredhels

Here’s where you’ll get your quills and your ink. And over there, all your bits and bobs for doing your wizardry.

“naturally. never saw one without the other, did you? the number of times i had them in here ooh, they used to make me laugh. quite the double act, sirius black and james potter!”

“your mother died to save you. If there is one thing voldemort cannot understand, it is love. he didn’t realize that love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark. not a scar, no visible sign… to have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever. it is in your very skin.”

ALBUS: And it’s something I should have said a long time ago. In fact, you’re probably the best person I know. And you don’t — you couldn’t — hold me back. You make me stronger — and when Dad forced us apart — without you —

SCORPIUS: I didn’t much like my life without you in it either.

Ambition, cunning, resourcefulness

Hard work, dedication, patience, loyalty, fair play

Intelligence, knowledge, wit

Bravery, daring, nerve, chivalry

“Yeah, size is no guarantee of power,” said George. “Look at Ginny.” “What d’you mean?” said Harry. “You’ve never been on the receiving end of one of her Bat-Bogey Hexes, have you?”

lightning era slytherins + name meanings