I'm not a legend or a hero, I don't slay dragons, I don't do any of the things that a real hero can. But I can make things better, one day at a time, for most of the kingdom.

Sympathy can be addictive and can kill strong men as surely as a diet of nothing but sugar.

Nevertheless, now that I have met you, I know that all that I am, and all that I have, could not match what you are worth.

Three things never anger or you'll not live for long; A wolf with cubs, A man with power, And a woman's sense of wrong.

Zen Hugs - the hugs that you would get, if we were there, if we could hug you, but we aren't, and we can't.

The great love is gone. There are still little loves - friend to friend, brother to sister, student to teacher. Will you deny yourself comfort at the hearthfire of a cottage because you may no longer sit by the fireplace of a palace? Will you deny yourself to those who reach out to you in hopes of warming themselves at your hearthfire?

A quaint conceit, don't you think?