But if she is alone now, it is because she chose to be alone, not someone decree if for her. Her life is hers to live, not yours to repair.

And what do you believe?”A slow smile spread over his face. “I believe in you. You are my new beginning.

For he was the Fool now, all of Lord Chance and Lady Amber and Lord Golden scraped away by sorrow. He was no one's Beloved now.

...There was no point in sighing after what I could not have. It only distracted me from what I did have.

Had they been dogs they would have sniffed me over and then drawn back. But humans have no such inbred courtesies.

Besides, if there were no dragons of flesh and blood and fire, whence would come the idea for these stone carvings?