I had begun to think my ripening body would wither untasted on the vine.

Truly, it is in loss that we learn a thing's true value.

Are you a minor character in my tale, or am I a lesser figure in yours?

What is fear but courage's shadow?

To recongnize that the treachery of one member of a house does not taint all born within it

Grief heals ... unshed tears fester like a canker in the soul.

That which yields is not always weak.