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

How did you explain a thing it had not occurred to you to question? A thing you just knew, clear through to your soul?

Love cannot thrive simply by being offered. Sooner or later it must be accepted and reciprocated. It must be seen for what it is and nourished according to its needs, or it will die.

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.

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

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

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.