Call no man happy, said Shadow, until he is dead

I do not permit affection or lack thereof to influence my actions. There is good, and there is evil. The good must be protected, the evil eradicated. I have shown you the triumph of evil as a caution.

The only advice I can give you is what you're telling yourself. Only, maybe you're too scared to listen.

Tristan and Yvaine were happy together. Not forever-after, for Time, the thief, eventually takes all things into his dusty storehouse, but they were happy, as these things go, for a long while

Honestly, if you're given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don't say "what kind of tea?"

Start telling the stories that only you can tell.

Sometimes big things happen, and they echo. Those echoes crash across worlds. They are the ripples in the fabric of things. Often they manifest as storms. Reality is a fragile thing, after all.