'And,' whispered Harry, his hands curled in cold fists on his knees, 'and Hermione kept telling us to be nice to him - ''He did not wish to tell me,' said Dumbledore. 'But I am a sufficiently accomplished Legilimens myself to know when I am being lied to and I - persuaded him - to tell me the full story, before I left for the Department of Mysteries.' ( 2020-01-21 )

'Ought I to have told you then?''Snape stopped giving me Occlumency lessons!' Harry snarled. 'He threw me out of his office!' ( 2020-01-21 )

'I know how you're feeling, Harry,' said Dumbledore very quietly.A few more of the portraits had stirred now. Terror of being interrogated made Harry stride across the room and seize the doorknob. ( 2020-01-21 )

He walked around his desk and sat down behind it, watching Harry.'I was trying to keep Sirius alive,' said Dumbledore quietly. ( 2020-01-21 )

'Sirius did not hate Kreacher,' said Dumbledore. 'He regarded him as a servant unworthy of much interest or notice. Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike . . . the fountain we destroyed tonight told a lie. We wizards have mistreated and abused our fellows for too long, and we are now reaping our reward.''I know,' said Harry wearily. ( 2020-01-21 )

'If death is nothing, Dumbledore, kill the boy . . .''Professor Snape discovered,' Dumbledore resumed, 'that you had been dreaming about the door to the Department of Mysteries for months. Voldemort, of course, had been obsessed with the possibility of hearing the prophecy ever since he regained his body; and as he dwelled on the door, so did you, though you did not ( 2020-01-21 )

'Master, I am sorry, I knew not, I was fighting the Animagus Black!' sobbed Bellatrix, flinging herself down at Voldemort's feet as he paced slowly nearer. 'Master, you should know - ''But Master - he is here - he is below - ' ( 2020-01-21 )