"Yet the Sorting Hat placed you in Gryffindor. You know why that was. Think."
"It only put me in Gryffindor, because I asked not to go in Slytherin."
"Exactly, Which makes you very differnet from Tom Riddle. It is our choices, Harry, that show what we trul are, far more than our abilities. If you want proof, Harry, that you belong in Gryffindor, I suggest you look more closely at this."
Dumbledore reached across to Professor McGonagall's desk, picked up the blood-stained silver sword, and handed it to Harry. Dully, Harry turned it over, the rubies blazing in the firelight. And then he saw the name engraved just below the hilt.
Godric Gryffindor.
"Only a tru Gryffindor could have pulled that out of the hat, Harry." said Dumbledore simply.-333쪽