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"'Yes, I certainly do know that you have seen and done much since leaving us,' he said quietly. 'Rumors of your doings have reached your old school, Tom. I should be sorry to believe half of them.'
Voldemort's expression remained impassive as he said, 'Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies. You must know this, Dumbledore.'
'You call it 'greatness', what you have been doing, do you?' said Dumbledore delicately.
'Certainly,' said Voldemort, and his eyes seemed to burn red. 'I have experimented; I have pushed the boundaries of magic further, perhaps, than they have ever been pushed --'
'Of some kids of magic,' Dumbledore corrected him quietly. 'Of some. Of others, you remain... forgive me... woefully ignorant.'
For the first time, Voldemort smiled. It was a taut leer, an evil thing, more threatening than a look of rage.
'The old argument,' he said softly. 'But nothing I have seen in the world has supported your famous pronouncements that love is more powerful than any kind of magic, Dumbledore.'
'Perhaps you have been looking in the wrong places,' suggested Dumbledore."
-- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J. K. Rowling
Voldemort's expression remained impassive as he said, 'Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies. You must know this, Dumbledore.'
'You call it 'greatness', what you have been doing, do you?' said Dumbledore delicately.
'Certainly,' said Voldemort, and his eyes seemed to burn red. 'I have experimented; I have pushed the boundaries of magic further, perhaps, than they have ever been pushed --'
'Of some kids of magic,' Dumbledore corrected him quietly. 'Of some. Of others, you remain... forgive me... woefully ignorant.'
For the first time, Voldemort smiled. It was a taut leer, an evil thing, more threatening than a look of rage.
'The old argument,' he said softly. 'But nothing I have seen in the world has supported your famous pronouncements that love is more powerful than any kind of magic, Dumbledore.'
'Perhaps you have been looking in the wrong places,' suggested Dumbledore."
-- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J. K. Rowling