It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

Quote by Albus Dumbledore

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Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it...

Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it...

To our newcomers, welcome! To our old hands -- welcome back! There is a time...

To our newcomers, welcome! To our old hands -- welcome back! There is a time...

I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me......

I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me......

By all means continue destroying my possessions. I daresay I have too many.

By all means continue destroying my possessions. I daresay I have too many.

It's lucky it's dark...I haven't blushed so much since Madame Pomfrey told me she liked...

It's lucky it's dark...I haven't blushed so much since Madame Pomfrey told me she liked...

Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live...

Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live...

No, I was merely reading the Muggle magazines," said Dumbledore. "I do love knitting patterns.

No, I was merely reading the Muggle magazines,

I take my hat off to you--or I would, if I were not afraid of...

I take my hat off to you--or I would, if I were not afraid of...

I could break out, of course, but what a waste of time, and frankly I...

I could break out, of course, but what a waste of time, and frankly I...

Harry, I owe you an explanation, An explanation of an old man's mistakes. For I...

Harry, I owe you an explanation, An explanation of an old man's mistakes. For I...

Don't be silly, Dawlish. I'm sure you are an excellent Auror, I seem to remember...

Don't be silly, Dawlish. I'm sure you are an excellent Auror, I seem to remember...

Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.

Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.

Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!

Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!

I don't need a cloak to become invisible.

I don't need a cloak to become invisible.

Harry, Cedric, I suggest you both go up to bed, I am sure Gryffindor and...

Harry, Cedric, I suggest you both go up to bed, I am sure Gryffindor and...

We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

And now Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress,...

And now Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress,...

I seem to remember telling you both that I would have to expel you if...

I seem to remember telling you both that I would have to expel you if...

Ah, music, A magic far beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you...

Ah, music, A magic far beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you...

The shock of her desertion may have contributed to his early death or perhaps he...

The shock of her desertion may have contributed to his early death or perhaps he...