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

by J.K. Rowling

Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin.

After a while, there was a serious argument on the subject between Slytherin and Gryffindor, and Slytherin left the school.”

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.”

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

And then he saw the name engraved just below the hilt. Godric Gryffindor. “Only a true Gryffindor could have pulled that out of the hat, Harry,” said Dumbledore simply.

Several of them seemed to think that you had threatened to curse their families if they didn’t agree to suspend me in the first place.”

“Because you gave it to her,” said Harry. “In Flourish and Blotts. You picked up her old Transfiguration book and slipped the diary inside it, didn’t you?”