Harry Potter and the Exiled Heiress

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light ~ Albus Dumbledore

Power - It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well. ~ Albus Dumbledore

Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain. ~ Arthur Weasley

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.

If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. ~ Sirius Black

Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed. ~ Albus Dumbledore

It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Some people, perhaps, would say that there was little to choose between the two ways, but Dumbledore knew - and so do I, thought Harry, with a rush of fierce pride, and so did my parents - that there was all the difference in the world. ~ Harry Potter

It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more. ~ Albus Dumbledore

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

"Fear of a name increases fear of a thing itself." ~ Albus Dumbledore

"You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be." ~ Albus Dumbledore

"It is important to fight, and fight again, and keep fighting, for only then can evil be kept at bay, though never quite eradicated." ~ Albus Dumbledore

"There are all kinds of courage. It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends." ~ Albus Dumbledore

"Ah, Harry, how often this happens, even between the best of friends! Each of us believes that what he has to say is much more important than anything the other might have to contribute!" ~ Albus Dumbledore

"Voldemort himself created his own worst enemy, just as tyrants everywhere do! Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress?" ~ Albus Dumbledore

“That which Voldemort does not value, he takes no trouble to comprehend. Of house-elves and children’s tales, of love, loyalty, and innocence, Voldemort knows and understands nothing. Nothing. That they all have a power beyond his own, a power beyond the reach of any magic, is a truth he has never grasped.” ~ Albus Dumbledore

“Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love. By returning, you may ensure that fewer souls are maimed, fewer families are torn apart. If that seems to you a worthy goal, then we say good-bye for the present.” ~ Albus Dumbledore

"I am sorry too," said Lupin. "Sorry I will never know him...but he will know why I died and I hope he will understand I was trying to make a world in which he could live a happier life. ~ Remus Lupin