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

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

Remember that yours is not the only heart that may be wishing for love.

Sometimes, pushing against change only makes it push back twice as hard. But even the most bitter fruit may contain something sweet at its core. A taste you would never have encountered if you had not been willing to endure the bitter first.

That is what love is I thought. A possibility that becomes a choice. A choice you keep making over and over. Day after day. Year after year. Time after time.

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.

My playing had called to another human being at last. Surely, she could be no other than my own true love. Slowly, I got to my feet. Speak to me, I thought. And as if she'd heard me, the young woman's lips parted and she spoke thus: Have you lost your mind?