LV never loved anyone

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 110636

SSSusan wrote :
"I think it's quite reasonable to assume there were influences such as
these present, and I think there's no reason to suspect that NONE of
these children in the orphanage learned to make attachments.  Perhaps
those attachments weren't with staff but were with each other.  Tom
would've had those relationships available to him or to model."

Del replies :
I agree with you that some of those influences must have been there.
But the problem is : they didn't work on Tom. If JKR's statement is to
be taken literally, those influences did *not* teach Tom how to love.
They weren't enough. And I really don't think we can blame a little
kid for failing to learn how to love, even if it is taught to him, can
we ? And once Tom became big enough to make conscious decisions about
his life (usually around 8), it was most probably already too late for
him to learn how to love, especially if nobody told him he should or
was there to guide him on the way.

Del