letsaskinkblot:

The beginning is always the hardest part. ;_;

Call me Ishmael, but in my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since: it is a truth universally acknowledged that happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, yet Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.