“Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.”
– Tom Riddle in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, chapter 20
Posts Tagged as ‘Harry Potter’
July 19, 2007
Tom Riddle on Greatness
July 19, 2007
Albus Dumbledore on Age
“Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.”
– Albus Dumbledore in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, chapter 37
July 19, 2007
Albus Dumbledore on Age
“Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.”
– Albus Dumbledore in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, chapter 26
July 11, 2007
Albus Dumbledore on Choices
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
– Albus Dumbledore in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, chapter 18
June 27, 2007
Albus Dumbledore on Unity
“Every guest in this Hall… will be welcomed back here at any time, should they wish to come, I say to you all, once again—in the light of Lord Voldemort’s return, we are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided. Lord Voldemort’s gift for spreading discord and enmity is [...]
June 27, 2007
Albus Dumbledore on Truth
“It is my belief, however, that the truth is generally preferable to lies…“
– Albus Dumbledore in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, chapter 37
June 27, 2007
Albus Dumbledore on Truth
“The truth…It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
– Albus Dumbledore in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, chapter 17
June 27, 2007
J.K. Rowling on Time
“It’s a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.”
– J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, chapter 19
June 27, 2007
Albus Dumbledore on Pain
“If I thought I could help you… by putting you into an enchanted sleep and allowing you to postpone the moment when you would have to think about what has happened tonight, I would do it. But I know better. Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it…”
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June 27, 2007
Albus Dumbledore on Music
“Ah, music… A magic beyond all we do here.”
– Albus Dumbledore in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, chapter 7
