Rickman...the truth...

The Girl pointed out this outstanding quote/meme from Alan Rickman - Hans Gruber, Severus Snape, Metatron.

It's a great, wonderful, touching quote...but...

...there's just one problem. From what I can tell, that quote's not from Alan Rickman at all.

My bit of research pointed me to this forum discussion on GoodReads...which sent me onward to this post from user Tiffany which seems to be the first appearance of the above quote on the web...

I've grown up reading Harry Potter. Each and every character has taught me how to be a better person. Whenever I'm feeling upset, I always reread a Harry Potter book and no matter how bad things get, I'll always have the Harry Potter Books to get completely absorbed in and just forget about all my worries. Watching the last Harry Potter movie at the midnight premiere, I starting breaking down in sobs at the Warner Brothers logo at the beginning. I couldn't help but thinking that this movie was basically the end of Harry Potter: from that day on, I wouldn't have anything to look forward to. I know that's not true; I'll always have my worn-out books to reread over and over again. I'll always marathon the Harry Potter movies every weekend. I'll still have fanfiction to read, A Very Potter Musical and Sequel to watch, and Wrock to rock out to. Because, as long as there's still one person that believes in the magic of Harry Potter, this legendary book series will never die. 

I plan on sharing this series with my children and grandchildren. When I'm 80 years old and sitting in my rocking chair, I'll be reading Harry Potter. And my family will say to me, "After all this time?" And I will say, "Always."

Remember folks that no matter how good a quote, check your sources.