User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4153468-20110716020614

What does Harry Potter mean to me? I believe the answer to this question lies in another question; what DOESN'T it mean to me. Harry Potter has been one of the largest parts of my life since I was small. From the moment I picked up Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, I was hooked. It was the first full book I read all the way through at the age of 5, it was the book that taught me how to read. To me, Harry Potter is no longer a series in which a spectacular story awaits the reader, it is a novel in which I can lose myself for hours, become one with the characters and immerse myself in the noble words of J.K Rowling. I believe with all my heart that this cannot be all that there is, there is some form of magic in the world even if I am unable to be a part of it. The magic lies within J.K Rowling's work, and she has taught us to believe in it, that nothing is impossible and that everything is probable.

There is no end to the Harry Potter phenomenon, though the books have been closed and the films have been finished, Harry Potter lives on and always will. It lives on within us, the readers. For as long as we think about and love Harry Potter, there will be no end. I refuse to believe it! Hogwarts has always been there for me after a hard day, it has been the one stable thing in the world that is always around should I feel the need to seek it. I can escape from all the troubles of the world and just live through the books. I fought alongside Harry, Hermione and Ron through each book in my mind. I was there when Harry defeated Quirrell. I was there when Ginny was near death in the Chamber of Secrets. I was there when Sirius escaped from Azkaban. I witnessed the rebirth of Lord Voldemort. I believed Harry when others did not. I was on the tallest tower when Dumbledore died. I was there when Voldemort was defeated.

To sum up this 'essay', Harry Potter means the world to me, and it always will. This is not the end, but the beginning of a beautiful adventure that will live on forever in our hearts.

As Tom Riddle once said to Harry himself, "Voldemort, is my past, present and future, Harry Potter." so can I say "Harry Potter is my past, present and future."