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Sirius Black
Astrophile: (n) a person who loves stars
Nefelibata: one who lives in the clouds of their own imagination; an unconventional person
Pisantrophobia: (n) the fear of trusting people due to past experiences with relationships gone bad
Atelophobia: the fear of imperfection or not being good enough
Ancheronta movebo: I will raise hell
“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”
~E.E. Cummings
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Remus Lupin
Pluviophile: (n) a person who loves/takes comfort from rain
Orenda: (n) a mystical force present in all people that empowers them to affect the world, or to effect change in their own lives
Kainotophobia: fear of changes
Atychiphobia: fear of failure; fear of not being good enough
Pulvis et umbra sumus: we are but dust and shadows
“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. It matters that you don’t just give up.”
~Stephen Hawking
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James Potter
Photophile: (n) a person who loves light
Eudaimonia: (n) “human flourishing”; a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous
Thantophobia: the fear of losing someone you love
Athazagoraphobia: the fear of forgetting, being forgotten or ignored, or being replaced
Amor verus numquam moritur: true love never dies
“He said, ‘One life on this earth is all that we get, whether it is enough or not enough, and the obvious conclusion would seem to be that at the very least we are fools if we do not live it as fully and bravely and beautifully as we can.’”
~Frederick Buechner