Harry Potter After 2020

"There's just so much fun stuff in this chapter. I love the world-building that we see here, I love the interactions that we see here. We get these little glimpses of the politics of this world. Lots of little things around the Weasleys' house that's great, around the Burrow. I love it. I want to go there." - JC, Ep. 2.4

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"It's cluttered and everything has been reused and repurposed, and there's a lot of people in there. But yet, it's clearly a well-loved space and a space where all these people -- all these kids -- have thrived growing up. I love that image of all of this clutter being something that's just part of life. It's just such a contrast with what Harry grew up with." - JC, Ep. 2.3

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"That's a big theme in this series: don't try to pull yourself out of depression by thinking, 'Oh, you have to help yourself, you have to love yourself.' No. When you're depressed, that power is dead, but you might still have the power to rouse yourself to do something if you're going to protect somebody you care about, and that is a greater power." - Ep. 2.2

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"He missed Hogwarts so much, it was like having a constant stomach ache." Yeah, there you go. That's the story. That's undeniable. The feeling of, "There is actually a place in the world for me. It's not here." - Ep. 2.1

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"When pieces of soul are near each other, they long to unite. That's what causes the incredible pain in Harry's scar. We have Voldemort's soul in Quirrell's body touching Harry, who contains another part of Voldemort's soul, with this longing for wholeness that Voldemort does not understand, has never understood. That longing is so overpowering, the conduit, being Quirrell's mortal body, can't withstand it." - Ep 1.17

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"There was already someone there – but it wasn't Snape. It wasn't even Voldemort." The most amazing cliffhanger. When you read this or when you read it to your children, who on earth stops there and says, 'Well, good night'?" - Ep. 1.16

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"It was the unicorn all right, and it was dead. Harry had never seen anything so beautiful and sad." To me, this sight is at the crux of the discourse about children's literature and contested content. This image, the purity and defenselessness of children's innocence, is what's being invoked by all sides." - Ep. 1.15

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"Even though Lily's sacrifice is couched as maternal love and protection, if we take Hagrid and Newt calling themselves 'mummy', then it's not only female caregivers who can cast this kind of blood magic." - Ep. 1.14

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"Voldemort and his Death Eaters do not -- and will never -- understand protecting somebody that you actually dislike. They wouldn't even protect people they like. This is beyond their understanding. Snape can hide behind this forever; they will never catch on." -Ep. 1.13

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"All of Dumbledore's emphasis on humble things that Harry knows -- that Voldemort can't understand -- is an attempt to build up Harry so that he can be strong enough to contain this longing that nobody asks for but we're all born with." - Ep. 1.12

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