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"The point of a Horcrux is, as Professor Slughorn explained, to keep part of the self hidden and safe, not to fling it into somebody else's path and run the risk that they might destroy it â€” as indeed happened: That particular fragment of soul is no more; you saw to that."

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", J. K. Rowling

"Lord Voldemort liked to collect trophies, and he preferred objects with a powerful magical history. His pride, his belief in his own superiority, his determination to carve for himself a startling place in magical history; these things suggest to me that Voldemort would have chosen his Horcruxes with some care, favoring objects worthy of the honor."

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", J. K. Rowling

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