Why would Lily be spared?

[Eustace_Scrubb]

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Jocelyn wrote:
> What about this quote:
> 
> " but your mother needn't have died... she was trying to protect
> you"
> WHAT!
> 
> WHY would Voldie, terror of the WW, have spared Lily?  Do you think 
> LV was lying?  It is just such an odd thing to say.

Eustace_Scrubb:
My take on this is that in Voldemort's mind there is no reason for
anyone to sacrifice their own life to save someone else...I think
he means Lily could have escaped while James was putting up his
courageous fight, since Voldemort was after Harry, not her.  She could
have apparated right out of there, without Harry, in Voldemort's
mind.  

Of course, she couldn't have done that, as she felt the love of a
mother for her child.  Voldemort doesn't understand that emotion, as
we've been told again and again.  Furthermore, as he holds that there
is nothing worse than death, he cannot fathom why anyone would face
death "needlessly."

So I don't think Voldemort was lying when he said this, nor do I think
there was some deal to let Lily live that he reneged on.  He was
telling the truth, but from a perspective the reader finds horribly
warped.

Cheers,

Eustace_Scrubb