“I had changed, and gone on changing, but I did not fully remember how it had begun, or understand why.”

“We make our own destiny.”

“I was frightened of myself, I seemed to have no control over my thoughts and feelings, it was like a sort of madness...”

“The moment had gone. I carried my secrets still with me, and they were hard, heavy, bitter things.”

“We are not punished for our sins, we are punished by them. We can't live with guilt for the whole of our lives..”

“I felt dead and sick inside.”

“Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts.”

“If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody come sit next to me.”

“Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong.”

“Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.”

“Sometimes the unyielding are just fighting to stay alive. No one wants to find out that their life was a lie. And when you change someones mind, you are only rebirthing them into your reality. You ...”

“Always try to be perceptive and observant in living, sensatory for details and diversity. Always try to see beyond the surface, and look in another perspective. Always try not to judge. Always seek...”

“The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”