No. But it's like the argument `don't donate to third-world countries because the money mightn't get to them.' People only say that because it makes them feel better about the fact that they do nothing.

Is your queen what you are searching for in a woman, Froi?" "I never imagined I was looking for something in a woman. But if I did, I'd have to judge her by the way I felt laying beside her before I went to sleep at night and how I felt in the morning waking up to her." "Oh, too profound, my friend. Much too profound.

You’re going to have to learn to ride a horse on your own, Phaedra', he said. 'It will make the journey faster.' 'The mule and I have an agreement.' 'The mule and you have similar traits.

When one is silent, those around speak even more.

Silence is not just about secrecy, Your Majesty. It is grief and it is shame.

So why would I want someone to be my everything when one day they might not be around?" Jellicoe Road

And then their voices stopped and their souls stood still and they ceased being who they had been. Because who they were had always been determined by him.