...you have to have faith that you are doing God's will. Sometimes you will not understand. Sometimes you will doubt. But if you are doing God's will, you can't be wrong, you can't go wrong.

Yes, but either way, shamed or not, I shall be Queen of England, and this is the last time you will sit in my presence.

Stars in the night,' he said. 'Something something something something, some delight

the bird sings as if to say that delight is easy, for those who desire it

Words have weight, something once said cannot be unsaid. Meaning is like a stone dropped into a pool; the ripples will spread and you cannot know what back they wash against.

When a man wants a mystery, it is generally better to leave him mystified. Nobody loves a clever woman.

There are many sorts of love. And when you love a man who is less than you dreamed, you have to make allowances for the difference between a real man and a dream. Sometimes you have to forgive him. Perhaps you even have to forgive him often. But forgiveness often comes with love.