Imperio.

[muscatel1988]

No: HPFGUIDX 176995

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant107" <eggplant107 at ...> 
wrote:
> Then I suppose Voldemort didn't say there is no such thing as good 
> or evil there is only power, JKR said it. An author doesn't 
> necessarily believe everything that comes out of one of her 
> character's mouth. 

Mus takes PS down from the shelf and responds:

No, in fact he didn't (although I think the movie had him saying 
it).  

"He is with me wherever I go,", said Quirrell quietly.  "I met him 
when I travelled around the world.  A foolish young man I was then, 
full of ridiculous ideas about good and evil.  Lord Voldemort showed 
me how wrong I was.  There is no good and evil, there is only power 
and those too weak to seek it ... Since then, I have served him 
faithfully, although I have let him down many times.  He has had to 
be very hard on me."  Quirrell shivered suddenly.  "He does not 
forgive mistakes easily.  When I failed to steal the Stone from 
Gringott's, he was most displeased.  He punished me ... decided he 
would have to keep a closer watch on me ..." [PS UK pb: 211]

Yes, Quirrell has LV in the back of his head, but it's clear here 
that he's talking for himself (LV only makes an appearance later, and 
the change of voice is emphasised).  After reading DH, it's actually 
rather hard to fault what he says.  He's saying that good and evil 
can't be defined in absolute terms, which is exactly what has emerged 
by the end of Book 7.  The author put these words in his mouth, and 
I, for one, was misled into thinking that this was not the message we 
were supposed to take home, because I thought those "ridiculous 
ideas" had some currency in the Potterverse.  As a retrospective 
description of HP philosophy, though, it's hard to fault.  In a way, 
this was another case of JKR's misdirection.

Where Quirrell was weak, of course, Harry is eventually seen as 
strong - he does successfully steal from Gringott's.

Mus