I have listened to many tales in my life, and told a few of my own. If this has taught me anything, it is that there are some occurrences that change the course of things, that make an alteration far beyond their own apparent magnitude. It is like the throwing of a tiny pebble into a pool, how it makes an ever-expanding circle of ripples, spreading right across the water's surface.

With courage and hope, we can conquer our fears and do what we once believed impossible.

How can he do this? If you were mine, I would fight to keep you. I would die, before I let you go.

Stronger than iron crueler than death sweeter than springtime it lives beyond breath

You are... you're like a beating heart. A glowing lamp. I've never met anyone like you before.

More like some small, fierce bird of prey, something with a sharp bite. An owl perhaps, that speaks only when the rest of the world sleeps. Jenny will do well enough.

Liadan," he said, staring intently at the ground. "Yes," I whispered. "Don't wed that man Eamonn. Tell him, if he takes you, he's a dead." --Bran