It's a tremendous comfort, actually.

I will always be grateful that the Hat put me in Slytherin. It's where I've 'found my true friends,' or whatever the song said, and not just Pansy.

I wish the school as a whole had more respect for the arts. I never thought of acting as particularly hard until I tried it, because good actors make it look so easy! NEVER AGAIN. You're brilliant at it, though.