Mirror of Erised

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 191295

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Miles" <d2dmiles at ...> wrote:
>
> > Bart wrote:
> 
> >You didn't read it carefully. His deepest, most desperate desire was to
> >want nothing more than a pair of thick woolen socks; in other words, to
> >be content with what he had.
> 
> Miles:
> I don't think this is a question of reading carefully.
> You present an interpretation, not a fact.
> 
> Your interpretation at this point is that Dumbledore told Harry the truth. 
> Harry himself is in doubt about this, because he considers his question to 
> be too private.

Geoff:
My interpretation right from the start was that Dumbledore 
was not telling Harry the real truth - whatever that was.

Miles:
> So, if you ask me, one should have read the entire series carefully to know 
> the answer to this - and many other questions ;).

Geoff:
So we should have waited from 1997 to 2011 before deciding how 
to determine what Dumbledore meant by that vague and cryptic 
comment?
:-(

As Dumbledore himself remarks:
"The truth... it is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore 
be treated with great caution."
(PS "The Man with Two Faces" p,21 UK edition)