Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)

by J.K. Rowling

“You’ve got to make some sacrifices! I’ll make my move and she’ll take me — that leaves you free to checkmate the king, Harry!” “But —” “Do you want to stop Snape or not?”

humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.”

the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.’”