Dumbledores Philosophy (was MAGIC DISHWASHER...)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 81719

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Iggy McSnurd" 
<coyoteschild at p...> 
> wrote:
> > 
> > The basis for the theory, however, stems from a few things:
> > 
> 

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> 
> 
> Iggy:
> > 2 - There's been an issue made of the nature of Harry's 
protection, and why
> > Quirrel was destroyed by it because LV could not bear the touch 
of love.
> 
> 
> Kneasy:
> Yes, Harry has protection. But the theory that it is 'love' is 
purely the
> invention of listees. I've no doubt the protection was 
placed 'through' or
> 'because'  of love, but that is  not  the same thing.
> 

Geoff:
Hold on just a moment. How do you square that with - 

"'But why couldn't Quirrell touch me?'
'Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot 
understand, it is love. He didn't realise that love as powerful as 
your mother's for you leaves its own mark. Not a scar, no visible 
sign.... to have been loved so deeply, even though the person who 
loved us is gone, will give us some protection for ever. It is in 
your very skin. Quirrell, full of hatred, greed and ambition, sharing 
his soul with Voldemort, could not touch you for this reason. It was 
agony to touch a person marked by something so good.'"

(PS UK edition p.216)