Certainly no one has ever died of an unrequited passion—it's usually the ones that are requited that get people in trouble.

There’s a saying in Hardorn,” she continued. “‘You shouldn’t attempt to teach a goat to sing. It will waste your time, hurt your ears, and annoy the goat.’ I can say without fear of contradiction that the goat is getting annoyed.

Once the blinders are off, it's rather hard to go back to seeing things the way you used to.