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

by J.K. Rowling

“Please, sir, don’t legends always have a basis in fact?”

“However,” said Dumbledore, speaking very slowly and clearly so that none of them could miss a word, “you will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me. You will also find that 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.”