Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)

by J.K. Rowling

‘Yes … you were particularly difficult to place. But I stand by what I said before –’ Harry’s heart leapt ‘– you would have done well in Slytherin.’

‘I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me … Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.’

Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain.

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.’