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A Lesson from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“So I should be in Slytherin,” Harry said, looking desperately into Dumbledore’s face. “The Sorting Hat could see Slytherin’s power in me, and it—"
“Put you in Gryffindor,” said Dumbledore calmly. “Listen to me, Harry. You happen to have many qualities Salazar Slytherin prized…yet the Sorting Hat placed you in Gryffindor. You know why that was. Think.”
“It only put my in Gryffindor,” said Harry in a defeated voice, “because I asked not to in Slytherin….”
“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.”