“I see her as someone who does have quite a lot of vulnerability in her personality. Hermione is me, near enough. A caricature of me when I was younger. I wasn’t that clever. But I was that annoying on occasion. Girls are very tolerant of her because she is not an uncommon female type-the little girl who feels plain and hugely compensates by working very hard and wanting to get everything just so.”
- Jo Rowling [x]
“What — ?” said Voldemort, staring around. And then he breathed, “Dumbledore!” Dumbledore was standing in front of the golden gates. [..] “It was foolish of you to come here tonight, Tom,” said Dumbledore calmly. “The Aurors are on their way —” “By which time I shall be gone, and you shall be dead!” spat Voldemort. — Chapter 36 (the only one he ever feared) OOTP.
