"If you say that you're all about a certain something, and look back and see that the choices that you've made don't reflect that, then there's something for you to look at."

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'It only put me in Gryffindor,' said Harry in a defeated voice, 'because I asked not to go in Slytherin...' 'Exactly' said Dumbledore, beaming once more. 'Which makes you very different from Tom Riddle. It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.'

— J. K. Rowling