What did it matter if no one cared, as long as she did herself? Relying on others was a dangerous way to live, and frequently a waste of time
What good is having the heart of a lion if you cannot roar?
What kind of a promise ?One that only a fool asks of a madman
The world was a place where those who had power could do what they wanted and those without it were the victims. The world would try to make him its victim, so it was always best to strike first.
As she prayed, she thought of Mary, holding her infant son in her lap, nurturing and sustaining him through his childhood, and then watching all that love and care dying tortured on the cross. But in...
All that remains is regret for what might have been. It is like standing in the ashes of a fire you once approached to warm your body a little, but which burned you to the bone instead.
All that remained were poignant memories, and she must face reality, not live on dreams.
She had made a bargain with Rolf
To have power and contentment at the same time, that is a rare thing indeed.
Grief was just the moment before you tied the thread and began the next one
There were some parts of himself that he would probably never find because he dared not go looking for them in the shadows where she had cast them.
It came to him that life moved in circles like the ripples radiating from a stone cast into a pool. . . Now he was on the outer ring of the last ripple, journeying to fulfill the cycle. Or perhaps the...
The rain whispered down, soft as the touch of cobwebs, shrouding the green of the land in swathes of clinging grey. Maude had grown accustomed to the damp climate, to the clouds that constantly swept...
Know we argued—at times I hated him—but I loved him too, and he was always there. Now there is a hole and I cannot bear to look at it, yet neither can I bear to cover it with earth.
The language of power was exercised in more than just words. It was presence and thought; it was gesture and timing.
Just because you forget the world does not mean that the world forgets you.
That you should choose your battles wisely. You cannot fight everything and win. Sometimes the price of losing is beyond what you can afford to pay, but that applies to winning as well.
That springtime does not last forever and that the fine seasons should have their harvest gathered and stored against harsher times. That you should choose your battles wisely. You cannot fight everyt...
She never knew from one moment to the next how he was going to behave toward her and therefore she constantly had to adjust her balance. It was exhausting.
She had become an expert at wearing masks, so much so that sometimes it was difficult to find her true self beneath the layers:
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