Practical Prose of Harry Potter #25

“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.” (Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix, 2007)

This line by Sirius summarizes the main theme of the series and mirrors Dumbledore’s earlier quote about being defined by our choices. Even if we have these negative inclinations in us (for Harry, quite literally through a physical piece of Voldemort), we have agency over our actions.