"Well, maybe it's good to be as stubborn as anyone can be about some things."

Lily steps onto the train and just far enough down the corridor to give James room to follow her.

"We got lucky, didn't we, you and I? With our parents? Habit of embarassing us on train platforms, aside.

"But I mean, I could have a dad who didn't let me go off to Hogwarts, and you could have a dad who didn't accept when my dad offered to buy him a cup of tea."

There are a lot of pureblood out there who wouldn't have, after all.

Halfbloods, too.