….. His scar burned, but he was master of the pain;he felt it, yet was apart from it.He had learned control at last,learned to shut his mind to Voldemort, the very thing Dumbledore had wanted him to learn from Snape. Just as Voldemort had not been able to possess Harry while Harry was consumed with grief for Sirius, so his thoughts could not penetrate Harry now,while he mourned Dobby.Grief,it seemed,drove Voldemort out… though Dumbledore, ofcourse, would have said that it was LOVE ....
– Page 478, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
this is the third time I have read this book. This excerpt is really close to me.
wish i be able to shut my mind from the many thoughts that have made their home inside. wonder grief or love will help me.
