Whatever you make, base it upon that which is most important to you. Only then will it have depth and meaning, and only then will it resonate with others.

You cannot miss what you have never had.

The monsters of the mind are far worse than those that actually exist.

Regardless of whether I can shift my affections to another - and the heart, as you observed, is a notoriously fickle beast - the question remains: should I?

Life is too short to fight every idiot along your way.

Her sculptured face was as perfect as a painting.

I didn't think I would ever meet a noble who wasn't corrupt. Now that I have, I find that I prefer them when they're greedy bastards. (Brom to Eragon)