It took two," I said. "Two different people to make the Heartwood what it is. Two different experiences, grief and joy, combined. True love never has just one face, does it? It must always have two, or it isn't true love at all.

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.

Keep what you hold in your heart safe and strong.

Darkness may cover light, but that is not the same thing as putting it out. Whereas, to overcome darkness, all light need do is to exist.

Love so joyfully and freely given can never be taken away. It is never truly gone.

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

Thinking about dark and troublesome things, wondering when they'll come to pay you a visit, turns out to be the very best way to call them to your side.