Love shouldn't be dictated

Would you favor me with a dance?" Over all the others I was his choice! I curtsied, and he took my hand. Our hands knew each other. Char looked at me, startled. "Have we met before, Lady?

I want to be with you forever and beyond...

In that moment I found a power beyond any I'd had before, a will and a determination I would never have need if not for Lucinda, a fortitude I hadn't been able to find for a lesser cause.

I had been able to break the curse myself. I'd had to have reason enough, love enough to do it, to find the will and the strength.

ahthOOn SSyng!" I said. "That's farewell.""It sounds evil.""It is, " I answered, and we parted.

But the lost one is with you.Her tenderness strengthens you, Her gaiety uplifts you, Her honor purifies you.More than memory, The lost one is found.

... He was only a person on the outside and... his insides were ashes mixed with coins and a brain.

Rapid movement was a relief in the midst of so much feeling.

Everyone else reached the Shores of Sleep, but I remained oceans away.

If I couldn't sleep, I could read.

O how vain and vile a passion is this fear! What base uncomely things it makes men do.

Tell ya mama to stop flirtin' boy, I'm not a good step-pop. I interrupt your little session...and wreck shop.

Before a brain can register a thought, a mind must think it... every step of the way is mind over matter... We override our brains all the time.

When you recognize this, you also realize that you are now free to give up this futile conflict, this inner state of war.

Healing opportunities can be disguised as people who really piss you off. Pay attention because they could be your greatest teachers.

Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.

The team wasn't just riders. It was the mechanics, masseurs, chefs, soigneurs, and doctors. But the most important man on the team may have been the chiropractor.

Amazing how hope lives. Without air or water, with hardly anything at all to nurture it.

If it is solely an evolutionary convenience, there is really no such thing as good or evil.