Things Worth Remembering: The Wisdom of Harry Potter The series taught a generation that honor matters. Welcome to Things Worth Remembering, in which writers share a poem or a paragraph that all of us should commit to heart. This week, in the run-up to Halloween, Tiya Miles has a series about witches, ghosts, monsters, and magic on her mind. Here she reflects on the tales of Harry Potter—and what they teach kids about power, and those who seek it.