Harry Potter: This connection between me and Voldemort... what if the reason for it is that I am becoming more like him? I just feel so angry, all the time. What if after everything that I've been through, something's gone wrong inside me? What if I'm becoming bad?
Sirius Black: I want you to listen to me very carefully, Harry. You're not a bad person. You're a very good person, who bad things have happened to. Besides, the world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters. We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.
Paraphrased, Harry is concerned that he is becoming evil, but Sirius explains that Harry is the one in control of who he is. The part that stood out to me the most was this from Sirius: "We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are." This has to be one of my favorite quotes of all time. I believe in it wholeheartedly. It means that every person has the power to good or bad things, but what we do is our choice. Our actions define who we are; no one is born good or evil, nor will anyone ever be just one or the other. So I would say that the difference between good and evil is never black and white, but always gray.
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