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587: Another Dangerous Year Gone (Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 17)

MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast

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The Sorcerer's Stone

Dumbledore says humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them. He's 150 years old himself, so he can look back with a little bit more perspective than somebody who is just coming into their teenage years. In this moment, we don't know that Dumbledore is talking about himself. It's not until much later on in the series that we're able to really get a sense that in this particular instance, Dumbledore is talking as much about himself as he is talking about humans in general.

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