Do dwell on dreams...

[sandra87b]

In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "sandra87b" <sandra87b at y...> 
> wrote:
> >> Sandra (who has plenty of reasons for loving the escapism found in 
> books. Don't we all?)
> 
> YES!!!  
> I like to remind people who think I'm silly for being so big 
> intoPotterverse and LOTR that it's cheaper than therapy.
> imamommy
> Who feels a slight squirm of guilt whenever she reads the line 
> about "it does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."  Do you 
> think DD meant me? <g>


Hello Imamommy,

Dumbledore doesn't always get things right, and in OoP he's the reason it all 
goes wrong. I think his quote was used because Harry was spending too 
much time staring into an enchanted mirror.
I prefer the quote from Aunt Agatha in The Guardian Of Time, when she's 
telling the young hero not to carry the weight  of the world on his shoulders 
24/7: "If you're never a child, how will you ever be an adult?". I think that gem 
applies through your whole life, at times.
She's a fabulous 40-something character, very positive and unintimidateable 
(that may not be a real word, but it jolly well should be). TGoT is the sister 
book to my favourite one.

Sandra (who's going to be making up words throughout the day now!)