What is fear but courage's shadow?

Beauty is at its most poignant when the cold hand of Death holds poised to wither it imminently.

The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart

The tapestry of history is woven of many threads.

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

If I had to fall from Cassiel's grace, at least I know it took a courtesan worthy of Kings to do it.

There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation of a theme