Perhaps Fate laid out your life for you like a dress on a bed, and you could either wear it or go naked.

We dreamed together of the world remade.

If only it were that easy to let go of hate. Just relax your face.

I am stardust gathered fleetingly into form.

I think with world building, it's important to create a sense of culture even if it is just a fantasy, and the best way to do that is to look at a real human culture and see what makes it cohesive.

I will do just as you wish,' said no cat ever.

We are the beginning ... We always have been. This time, let it be more than a beginning.