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.โ They looked at each other, the old man still beaming. "Not?" repeated Harry. "Not," said Dumbledore. "Butโฆ" Harry raised his hand instinctively toward the lightning scar. It did not seem to be there. "But I should have diedโI 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. RowlingThis was their first encounter with the fact that a full stomach meant good spirits; an empty one, bickering and gloom.
J. K. RowlingJust โ just to be clear,โ he said. โYou want to leave Tonks at her parentsโ house and come away with us?โ โSheโll be perfectly safe there, theyโll look after her,โ said Lupin. He spoke with a finality bordering on indifference. โHarry, Iโm sure James would have wanted me to stick with you.โ โWell,โ said Harry slowly, โIโm not. Iโm pretty sure my father would have wanted to know why you arenโt sticking with your own kid, actually.
J. K. RowlingDo you mean ter tell me," he growled at the Dursleys, "that this boyโthis boy!โknows nothin' abou'โabout ANYTHING?" Harry thought this was going a bit far. He had been to school, after all, and his marks weren't bad. I know some things," he said. "I can, you know, do math and stuff.
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