Fencing is more a sport than a martial art. It would be like basing your knowledge of roman phalanx warfare on NFL football.

You need to realize that most writing rules aren't laws, they're rules of thumb.

To be both rich and handsome was bad enough. But to have a voice like honey over warm bread on top of that was simply inexcusable.

Then I played the song that hides in the center of me. That wordless music that moves through the secret places in my heart. I played it carefully, strumming it slow and low into the dark stillness of the night. I would like to say it is a happy song, that it is sweet and bright, but it is not.

You never do things the easy way, do you?" she said. "There's an easy way?" I asked.

It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to be itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true.

I do this so you cannot help but hear. A wise man views a moonless night with fear.