Warning: Contains a Norman warrior with a thirst for justice, a Welsh rebel princess with second sight and a steady bow hand, magical prophecies, and a plot of royal proportions.

You've always done as you pleased, Princess. I can't change you, nor do I want to. You're strong, a fighter. And I've never wanted another woman as I want you.

The only death I fear is the one I fell when we're apart.

To secure his king's trust, his family's future, and perhaps even his own happiness, he needed to convince her he was more than a mercenary -- in fact, a man who would stand by her side.

I'll kiss your feet if you'd scratch my nose.

Not success. Not growth. Not happiness. The cradle of your love of life … is death.

Give everything away. Create an emptiness to fill again and again with love.

If the sky falls they shall have clouds for supper.

To be conscious of Being, you need to reclaim consciousness from the mind. This is one of the most essential tasks on your spiritual journey.

My way has always worked. My way is what got me here.

I have begun writing what I have said I'd never write, a memoir ("I am not my own subject," I used to say with icy superiority).

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

If I leave my phone in the car and go to dinner or something for a few hours, I'm very proud of myself.

Emotions aren't doable. Actions are doable, and if you do them correctly, they prompt the feelings.

Suffering is not an elective; it is a core course in the University of Life.