I am free to choose my own actions. Indeed, like everyone else, I must be so. A good act that is compelled is not goodness at all, but merely force.

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

I had to cease to mourn what could never be and make the most of what was possible. And I would begin doing that by trying to mend the hurts of the past.

In spite of myself, I gave a snort. "Just once, I'd like to hear a simple, straightforward prophecy.

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

Really believing in "once upon a time". Believing that it will draw you in, take you with me to a place you've never been before.

You must never call your enemy by a name you choose for him." “Instead you must call him by the name he calls himself. What he chooses will reflect his pride; it will reveal his desires. But what you choose to call him will reveal your fears, which should be kept to yourself, lest your enemy find the way to exploit them.