For in hope's absence, a miracle arrived

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.

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

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

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

If you have to ask, you've never been in love. More than that, you've never had your feelings hurt by the one you want to trust and cherish you most of all.

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