I know I would crumble if I lost you.

Ah, now, don't cry over lost years and forgetfulness. The tales tell what they can. The rest is for us to learn.

She answered by standing and kissing him first and held his cheeks and closed her eyes and felt sure as bones and deep as blood that she had found her place.

A heart's a heart, in a child or a man. You are tougher than you feel right now. Your roots are deep, your canopy's spread wide. You're going to show everyone what it means to be a king.

Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.

She's as fetching as brown hair done up with ribbons blue The mountain, my lady She's as sweet as pink flowers made bright with morning dew, Mount Eskel, my lady

You saw my leg?" "How can a man help what he sees?" he said. "And, if I could add, you possess a very fine leg.