A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.
True allegiance is only given willingly.
At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, and at the end of wisdom, there is not grief...but hope
Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.
All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts.
She has given you something of value: the truth in her heart.