How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Quote #1
MCGONAGALL: This boy will be famous. There won't be a child in our world who doesn't know his name.
DUMBLEDORE: Exactly. He's better off growing up away from all that. Until he is ready.
Dumbledore's making a specific choice here that will help determine Harry's identity: a life of celebrity and fame? Or anonymous drudgery with the Dursleys? The seemingly crueler choice may actually make Harry a better person.
Quote #2
HAGRID: Blimey Harry, didn't you ever wonder where your Mum and Dad learned it all?
HARRY: Learned what?
HAGRID: You're a wizard, Harry.
Harry isn't aware of who he is, though everyone else seems to be. The story involves what he does that with knowledge far more than simply learning it…which suggests that a big part of his identity is his to choose.
Quote #3
PETUNIA: Of course we knew. How could you not be? My perfect sister being who she was. Oh, my mother and father were so proud the day she got her letter. We have a witch in the family. Isn't it wonderful? I was the only one to see her for what she was. A freak! And then she met that Potter, and then she had you, and I knew you'd be just the same, just as strange, just as...abnormal.
Aunt Petunia certainly has her own ideas about who Harry is. Lucky thing they don't stick.