Which "One liners" do you think most beg for an explanation ?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 131353

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Someone" 
<someoneofsomeplace at y...> wrote:

John:
 
> Therefore, IMO, you can't "give up the possibility of being a witch 
> [or wizard]." It doesn't seem to be a matter of choice. Nor, as the 
> Dursleys, much to their chagrin, found out, can one's wizard-ness 
be 
> stamped or beaten out. It would seem that even an untrained witch 
or 
> wizard would continue (unintentionally) to do remarkable, 
distinctly 
> un-muggle-like things, such as growing all of their hair back 
> overnight or bouncing harmlessly along the pavement when dropped 
> from a second story window. Petunia may have willfully forfeited 
her 
> place at Hogwarts; she may have chosen to remain an untrained 
witch; 
> but in that case she would still be a 'witch', after all, and not a 
> muggle.
 
Geoff:
To quote Dumbledore, "Yes and no".

I believe in certain skills, that if you decide that you do not wish 
to pursue them, then OK, you don't pursue them. Full stop.

In matters such as innate talents as you mention, I wonder whether 
there might be a "use it or lose it" effect. As an example, when I 
was much younger, I could speak fairly reasonable French. But since I 
have not had the opportunity to practise the language for many, many 
years, my knowledge has gone completely. I doubt if I could string 
even one sentence together. I take your point about Harry's hair and 
Great Uncle Algie's experiments with the coefficient of restitution 
but those were under conditions of extreme stress; Petunia, being 
Petunia, would arrange her well-ordered life to try to avoid these 
conditions......

I think I would agree with you on the subject of Petunia's status 
though.