Life of pain and hope. Life of loss and courage. Life of true love, which could not be taken by dark despair.

[From the tip of his wand burst the silver doe. She landed on the office floor,
bounded once across the office, and soared out of the window. Dumbledore
watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape,
and his eyes were full of tears.
“After all this time?”
“Always,” said Snape.
© J. K. Rowling]

Real noble ones always walk in the shadows.

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