Surely He does not give us hearts so we may spend our lives ignoring them.

Surely He does not give us hearts so we may spend our lives ignoring them.

It takes a surprising amount of courage to place one's hand into an unseen area when your mind is thinking about vermin.

You come to us well tempered, my child, and it is not in my nature to be sorry for it. It is a well tempered blade that is the strongest.

I am a handmaiden of Death. I walk in His dark shadow and do His bidding. Serving Him is my only purpose in this life.

... then he offers me his arm. As I take it, I wonder what folly decreed that women cannot walk unassisted.

Jewels can be replaced, cousin. Independence, once lost, cannot.