Dumbledore Truth Quotes & Sayings

The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution. — J.K. Rowling

I will settle, in the short term," said Dumbledore, with a bite of impatience in his voice, "for a lack of open hostility. You will shake hands. You are on the same side now. Time is short, and unless the few of us who know the truth stand united, there is no hope for any of us. — J.K. Rowling

The Prophet is bound to report the truth occasionally,' said Dumbledore, 'if only accidentally. — J.K. Rowling

I cared about you too much," said Dumbledore simply. "I cared more for your happiness than your knowing the truth, — J.K. Rowling

"But you believe us."

"Yes, I do," said Dumbledore quietly. "But I have no power to make other men see the truth..." — J.K. Rowling

The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.' GINNY looks at him, surprised. Dumbledore. — J.K. Rowling

Do you see, Harry? Do you see the flaw in my brilliant plan now? I had fallen into the trap I had foreseen, that I had told myself I could avoid, that I must avoid."
"I don't - "
"I cared about you too much," said Dumbledore simply. "I cared more for your happiness than your knowing the truth, more for your peace of mind than my plan, more for your life than the lives that might be lost if the plan failed. In other words, I acted exactly as Voldemort expects we fools who love to act.
"Is there a defense? I defy anyone who has watched you as I have - and I have watched you more closely than you can have imagined - not to want to save you more pain than you had already suffered. What did I care if numbers of nameless and faceless people and creatures were slaughtered in the vague future, if in the here and now you were alive, and well, and happy? I never dreamed that I would have such a person on my hands. — J.K. Rowling

HARRY: "The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution."
(GINNY looks at him, surprised.)
Dumbledore.
GINNY: A strange thing to say to a child.
HARRY: Not when you believe that child will have to die to save the world. — J.K. Rowling