User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4137971-20110712025852

Harry Potter means more than paper pressed within the covers of a book. It means more than ink on a page, more than words read or spoken. Harry Potter means escape from reality. Harry Potter means the Boy Who Lived. It means The Cupboard under the Stairs, 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging. It means The Floor, Hut-on-the-Rock, The Sea. Harry Potter means something that you’d never expect. It means Diagon Alley – it means The Leaky Cauldron, it means Gringotts, it means Ollivander’s. Harry Potter means magic. It means Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It means The Whomping Willow. It means Tom Riddle’s diary. It means “The Chamber of Secrets has been opened”. It means Hogsmeade – Honeyduke’s, The Three Broomsticks, and Zonko’s Joke Shop. It means werewolves and Animagi. It means dementors and patronuses. It means the prisoner of Azkaban. Harry Potter means friends who will stand by you no matter what. It means Ton-Tongue Toffees. It means the Quidditch World Cup. It means Death Eaters. It means the Goblet of Fire. It means dragons and golden eggs and mermaids. It means the Dark Lord has returned. Harry Potter means not doing things alone. It means dementors. It means the Order of the Phoenix. It means Dumbledore’s Army. It means The Department of Mysteries. It means the prophecy. It means the first friend lost of many. Harry Potter means doing what’s right even if others think it’s wrong. It means Borgin and Burke’s. It means the book of the Half-Blood Prince. It means the cave. It means poison and Inferi; it means a false horcrux. It means a traitor. Harry Potter means good always conquers evil. It means the Deathly Hallows. It means the locket, the diadem, the snake, the goblet, the diary, the ring, and the boy who lived. It means “I open at the close”. It means He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has fallen. Harry Potter means more than a book, more than a story. It means an escape; it means the unexpected, it means friends. It means standing up for what’s right. It means letting friends help you when you need it. It means, “The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well." Harry Potter means life.