kissed in every corner

“One, two, three, four, get the kid back through the door!”

philip: which one is your favourite kid?

the queen: tough question, i’ll ask my secretary to arrange meeting with them, separately, and help me learn their names and their hobbies because i met them once in their lives

*a few days later*

Hufflepuff: Here are all these things we can do!

Working hard is important, but there’s something that matters even more. Believing in yourself. Think of it this way: Every great wizard in history has started out as nothing more than we are now. Students. If they can do it, why not us?

I trained all those would-be heroes. Odysseus, Perseus, Theseus. Alotayusses! And every one of those bums let me down flatter than a discus. None of them could go the distance. And then, there was Achilles. Now there was a guy who had it all: the build, the foot-speed. He could jab! He could take a hit! He could keep on comin’! BUT THAT FORSLUGGINER HEEL OF HIS! He barely gets nicked there once, and kaboom! He’s history.