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

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.

You have not traveled enough," she said. "Or you'd know that every journey makes its own map across your heart.

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

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.

Love is a popular romantic notion that leads to nothing but its own brand of misery.

A truth comes out when it must; A dream comes true when it will. Though the world turn to ash and dust A secret’s a secret still.