It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
JR
J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998), spoken by Dumbledore
About J.K. Rowling
British author of the Harry Potter series. (born 1965)
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