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Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Harry P. & Draco M. - Reviews: 1,150 - Updated: 06-05-03 - Published: 12-26-02 - Complete - id:1143478
Sources for Time out of place

I needed a lot of information on all sort of things when I wrote TooP. These are the sites I used and the people I quoted. I also love to have everything to have symbolic meanings – names should represent something, especially in the HP universe. Same for flowers. So, here's the complete list of all those things.

Internet sources

The Harry Potter Lexicon - a must for anyone writing Harry Potter fanfiction.

Information on buying guns

How to handle a gun

Quotes for anything and everything

Flowers and their meanings

Baby names and their meanings

More baby names

For name-o-trons and such fun,

For anyone who doesn't know how to convert anything to anything else,

To see the actual addresses, go to my site: , cause doesn't allow me to post links.

Quotes

Chapter four:

Angela's Ashes

- Frank McCourt

Chapter seven:

"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up."
- Mark Twain

Chapter eleven:

"He who angers you conquers you."
- Elizabeth Kenny

Chapter twelve:

"Love builds bridges where there are none."
- R. H. Delaney

Chapter fifteen:

"Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die."
- Salvador Dali

Chapter seventeen:

"The lord is wonderfully good to those who wait for him and seek him."
N.B.: From this quote is derived the proverb, "Good things come to those who wait."
- Lamentations 3:25

"Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within."

- James Baldwin

Chapter eighteen:

"The best proof of love is trust."
- Joyce Brothers

Chapter nineteen:

"I have not yet begun to fight!"
- John Paul Jones

Chapter twenty-one:

"May you live every day of your life."
- Jonathan Swift

Chapter twenty-three:

"It's all coming back to me now."
- Celine Dion

NamesThe Hanawalts

Carl: Strong one (German)

Anna: Gracious (Hebrew)

Riley: A small stream (Celtic/Gaelic) or valiant (Irish)

Brian: Strong one (Celtic/Gaelic)

Name suggestions for the twins

Sarah: Princess (Hebrew)

Rachel: Innocent lamb (Hebrew) - reference to Remus as a werewolf

Amber: Precious jewel (American)

Jade: Green gemstone (Spanish) - because of Harry's eyesThe Weasley twins

Ariel: Lion of God (Hebrew)

Leo: A lion (Italian)

- Chosen with the Gryffindor lion in mind

Percy and Penelope's children

Pearle: Precious (Latin)

Peter: A rock (Greek)

- Chosen with the first two letters of the name in mind

Potions

Althidia: from Althia: Healer (English)

Galena: from Galen: Healer, Calm (Greek)

Keyahla: from Keyah: In good health (African)

Salusta: from Salus: Goddess of Health (Greek)

Imara: from Imaran: Strong (Hindi)

- Chosen because they all mean what the potions do

Other names

Orenda: Magic Power (Native American)

Avongara: To tie (African)

Lev: Heart (Hebrew)

Flowers

Chapter seven:

Gardenia: You're lovely; secret love

Chrysanthemum, or Crown daisy: You're a wonderful friend; cheerfulness; rest

Chapter nine:

Iris: Your friendship means so much to me; faith; hope; wisdom and valour; my compliments

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