Yes, alive,” said Fudge. “That is — I don’t know — is a man... - J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

"Yes, alive,” said Fudge. “That is — I don’t know — is a man alive if he can’t be killed? I don’t really understand it, and Dumbledore won’t explain properly — but anyway, he’s certainly got a body and is walking and talking and killing, so I suppose, for the purposes of our discussion, yes, he’s alive."

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