A king who’s innocent of the things of which he’s guilty?

Your eyes are beautiful," he said, and she felt warm suddenly, warm in the sun that dappled through the treetops and rested on them in patches.

I wanted you to go away, because it hurts to be with you when I can't see you." - Po

The fellow who tends the greenhouse gardens? Trust me, Lady, you'd let him stake your tomatoes.

I love you," he said. "You're more dear to my heart than I ever knew anyone else can be. And I've made you cry; and there I'll stop." She was crying, but not because of his words. It was because of a certainty she refused to consider while she sat before him.

What a horrifying notion," he said. "A creature with the power to take over one's mind.

As he left to answer the call, she heard him exclaiming in wonderment on the rise. "Rocks, Nash. Is that a river mare out there? Do you see her? Have you ever laid eyes on a more gorgeous creature?