I have not led an ordinary life, nor a life that would suit everyone. I took great risks, but because I did, I also earned great reward. I found the ….

For surely a king is first a man. And so it must follow that a king does as all men do: the best he can..

There is a tale...It tells of the days when a blight hung over our land. Nothing prospered. Nothing flourished. Not even zucchini would grow..

Over and over, we start our own tales, compose our own stories, whether our lives are short or long. Until at last all our beginnings come down to ju….

True love comes when it will, not when it's called..

Really believing in "once upon a time". Believing that it will draw you in, take you with me to a place you've never been before..

Five is for five heartbeats, the length of time it takes to breathe in or out. For that is how quickly a life may change, for better or for ill. The ….

How did you explain a thing it had not occurred to you to question? A thing you just knew, clear through to your soul?.

How much easier my life would be if I did not love you! I thought. How much less painful, but how much plainer. How much less color there would be in….

You must never call your enemy by a name you choose for him." “Instead you must call him by the name he calls himself. What he chooses will reflect h….

I'm sorry I never really believed," I said. "Not the way Jack did." "It doesn't make any difference," my mother replied. Her eyes focused on the bean….

Love so joyfully and freely given can never be taken away. It is never truly gone..

I think the worst part is that when you know you dream another person's dream, you can never truly feel at peace. Never truly trust yourself. If you ….

Remember that yours is not the only heart that may be wishing for love..

Darkness may cover light, but that is not the same thing as putting it out. Whereas, to overcome darkness, all light need do is to exist..

I had to cease to mourn what could never be and make the most of what was possible. And I would begin doing that by trying to mend the hurts of the p….

Yet even the brightest of sunrises must come to an end..

Little princess, lovely as the dawn, well named Aurore..

...to be unkind because you are thoughtless is the worst kind of blindness..

It took two," I said. "Two different people to make the Heartwood what it is. Two different experiences, grief and joy, combined. True love never has….

My playing had called to another human being at last. Surely, she could be no other than my own true love. Slowly, I got to my feet. Speak to me, I t….