User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4153186-20110716004351

Harry Potter is all about growing up. Many of us grew up with Harry Potter, relating to the characters who were only a little older or younger than we were. It gave us a sense of magic, at a time in which magic is hard to find. As we grow up, we grow away from magical worlds with fairies and hypogriffs, farther and farther from the magic spells of our childhoods. Harry Potter, for me, was an anchor to that. As someone who writes for pleasure, it was an immesurable gift. Magic is real, and Harry Potter is just one of many doorways to it. I'm so grateful to Ms. Rowling for all that she's done, for saying that it's okay to still believe in magic, that good wins in the end, and that there is a wonderful sport, played on broom, called Quidditch. Harry's story has ended, but the magic lives on.