31. Juli 1980

Harry James Potter

wird an diesem Tag geboren.

(J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter Series)

Und damit steht's fest: sein chinesisches Sternzeichen ist Affe :-)

"Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways. For one thing, he hated the summer holidays more than any other time of year. For another, he really wanted to do his homework, but was forced to do it in secret, in the dead of night. And he also happened to be a wizard."

(J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 1999)

Erste Sätze

Quergelesen:

J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Mit dem letzten Band ist endlich auch ein Ende meiner Kreuzfahrt im HP-Universum abzusehen...

Quergelesen/Durchgeblättert:

J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix / Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone /
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets / Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban / Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Und weiter gehts mit dem Potter-Universum. Eins führt zum andere und mittlerweile fürchte ich, daß ich da so schnell nicht wieder rauskomme ...

Quergelesen/durchgeblättert:

J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Ich konnte denn doch nicht widerstehen ... Und im Vergleich zum Film erscheint mir dieser - wie auch alle Bände ab Band 3 - irgendwie etwas zu wortreich und umständlich.

Zitate:

Hermione Granger: [snaps her fingers] Hey, she's only interested in you because she thinks you're the Chosen One.
Harry Potter: But I am the Chosen One.
Hermione Granger: [smacks him on the head with the newspaper]
Harry Potter: Sorry... kidding!

Albus Dumbledore: Take my arm.
[apparates]
Albus Dumbledore: That was fun. Most people vomit their first time.

Arthur Weasley: Times like these, dark times, they do funny things to people. They can tear them apart.

Severus Snape: How grand it must be to be the Chosen One.

Hermione Granger: Do you honestly expect you can just walk up to him and ask for his deepest, darkest secret?

Albus Dumbledore: You must be wondering why I brought you here.
Harry Potter: Actually sir, after all these years I just sort of go with it.

Professor Minerva McGonagall: [to Harry, Ron, and Hermione] Why is it that, whenever anything happens, it's always you three?
Ron Weasley: I've been asking myself the same question for six years, Professor.

Luna Lovegood: I've never been to this part of the castle. Well not awake. I sleep walk you see. Thats why I wear shoes to bed.

Horace Slughorn: [in regard to returning to Hogwarts] Alright. I'll do it, but I want Professor Merriworth's office, not that water closet I had before. And I want a raise, these are mad times we live in. MAD!

Ron Weasley: [not knowing that Harry and Ginny just kissed] So, did you and Ginny do it?
Harry Potter: [pause] What?
Ron Weasley: Did you hide the book?

Ginny Weasley: [about Harry] He's covered in blood again. Why is he always covered in blood?
Ron Weasley: Well it looks like it's his own this time.

Neu gelesen:

Lawrence Block, The Collected Mystery Stories

Obwohl das Buch ein ziemlicher Schinken ist, sind darin bei weitem noch nicht alle von Blocks Geschichten enthalten - aber doch die wichtigsten, und daß sie alphabetisch geordnet sind, erspart zumindest mir das Grübeln, ob Block mit der Zeit besser oder schlechter geworden ist und welches seine beste Periode war. Die wirklichen guten Stories sind sowieso zeitlos.