Forgiveness

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 188709



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince" <catlady at ...> wrote:

Geoff quoted: 
> > "Exactly," said Dumbledore, beaming once more. "Which makes 
> > you very different from Tom Riddle. It is our choices, Harry, that 
> > show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."'
 
> But listies have always pointed out that Dumbledore said "show" what we truly are, not "make us" what we truly are.

Geoff:
Yes, but I think the people pointing this out are merely 
quibbling over semantics.

If you "show" what you truly are, then you are demonstrating 
the choices you *have* made in the past. Our choices always 
have an impact on what we are: the friends we have, the food 
we eat, the books we read, the career we follow, the person we 
marry... the list is endless.