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Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is a warning and a spell at once: Dumbledore tells frightened children that the thing that drains every good feeling can be answered by something as small as a light, a message that returns when Harry learns the Patronus Charm. It works on screen and on greeting cards alike, and fans use it as a gentle push for anyone in a bad stretch.
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In context
Spoilers for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanShow the scene
In Alfonso Cuarón's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), the Hogwarts Express has just been boarded by Dementors, the ghostly guards of Azkaban searching for the escaped Sirius Black, and one of them has made Harry faint. At the school Dumbledore announces that the Dementors will patrol the grounds until Black is caught, and warns the students to give them no reason to harm anyone. Then, in his gentlest tone, he tells them that happiness can be found in the darkest times if one remembers to turn on the light. The words come from Steve Kloves's screenplay.
Sources (2)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film), WikipediaLead and plotReference checked
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film), WikiquoteAlbus Dumbledore sectionReference checked
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