He is so kind that he makes me search my soul to find new ways to be compassionate to others.

And might I live long enough to see the world yet again as a place completely different, through eyes that see another truth not yet revealed?

So do I wish I was to be king? That is not a question I ask myself. I ask myself, Would I be a good king? Would I be quick witted and generous of spirit and full of that boundless energy? Or would I be clumsy and stupid and dulled by my own prejudices? I try to be a good man, since I am alive at all, and hope that that teaches me what I would need to know if I was ever faced with a higher challenge.

I have changed for the last time--this is the man I will be till I die. And that man loves you.

We cannot go backward. We cannot erase time and events. But we can go forward, hand in hand, hope in our hearts and love lighting our way.

Your wedding completely changes the direction of your life, you know, no matter how greatly you desire it. I think that moment of doubt and faintness comes from all those imagined and now impossible futures all pressing in on you at once. It is your last chance to experience them, you see, and they all want to be lived at that moment.

I was Amazement--I was Desire--I was Ecstasy and Rapture and the slightest bit of Greed.