But you're dead," said Harry. "Oh yes," said Dumbledore matter-of-factly. "Then...I'm dead too?" "Ah," said Dumbledore, smiling still more broadly. "That is the question, isn't it? On the whole, dear boy, I think not." They looked at each other, the old man still beaming. "Not?" repeated Harry. "Not," said Dumbledore. "But"¦" Harry raised his hand instinctively toward the lightning scar. It did not seem to be there. "But I should have died"I didn't defend myself! I meant to let him kill me!" "And that," said Dumbledore, "will, I think, have made all the difference. -
J. K. Rowling