It's a funny thing, character, the way it brands people as they age, rising from within to leave its scar.

After all, it's the librarian's sworn purpose to bring books together with their one true reader.

...which fairy-tale princess ever chose her maid over her prince?

But everyone's an expert with the virtue of hindsight . . . .

Ah, well. Life's too short for moderation, wouldn't you say?

That, my dear, is what makes a character interesting, their secrets.

She hadn't wanted to be loved carefully, only well.