His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.
J. K. Rowling Quotations
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To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.
Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here
It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.
There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.
It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.
Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.
Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.
The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.
Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.
Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.
When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love.
If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth...
It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.
The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.
Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
...people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.