Even the most straightforward of paths could turn out to be more complicated than it seemd at first.

...to be unkind because you are thoughtless is the worst kind of blindness.

Little princess, lovely as the dawn, well named Aurore.

For surely a king is first a man. And so it must follow that a king does as all men do: the best he can.

Even the most straightforward of paths could turn out to be more complicated than it seemd at first.

I will not fail,' the water bearer's daughter vowed. 'But worse than failing is not to try at all. For then there can be no hope of success.

I think the worst part is that when you know you dream another person's dream, you can never truly feel at peace. Never truly trust yourself. If you carry around somebody else's nightmare, who knows what else your insides might hide or when it might come out?