In a dark time, the eye begins to see.

That whole environment was just incompatible with my beliefs and my personality. It was a dark time for me.

Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.

I went through that stage of the Mumford & Sons and the Alanis Morissette vibe. I was in a dark place at the time.

I don't see myself as having a dark side.

You couldn't changed history. But you could get it right to start with. Do something differently the FIRST time around.
This whole business with seeking Slytherin's secrets... seemed an awful lot like the sort of thing where, years later, you would look back and say, 'And THAT was where it all started to go wrong.'
And he would wish desperately for the ability to fall back through time and make a different choice.
Wish granted. Now what?