If you will not die for us, you cannot ask us to die for you.
Wars come and go; politics endure.
Stupid to speak of blame when the wills of the immortals are involved.
If I had to fall from Cassiel's grace, at least I know it took a courtesan worthy of Kings to do it.
I had begun to think my ripening body would wither untasted on the vine.
There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation on a theme. So musicians say the greatest sonatas are composed; whether or not it is true, I do not know, but of a surety I have seen it emerge in the tapestry of my life.