...A scar signifies past pain, a wound that did not heal as it ought. But it testifies, too, to survival...(Here be Dragons)

Men are born to sin…What does matter most, is not that we err, it is that we do benefit from our mistakes, that we are capable of sincere repentance, of genuine contrition.

Autumn that year painted the countryside in vivid shades of scarlet, saffron and russet, and the days were clear and crisp under harvest skies.

We tend to forget at times that it is the little ones, the children, who do suffer the greatest hurt. If we cannot comprehend why certain sorrows are visited upon us, how on earth can they?

I inhale hope with every breath I take.

…she remembered watching a summer sunset from this very spot. Not so long ago; just a lifetime.

Poor Wales. So far from Heaven, so close to England.

Why is it honesty when a man speaks his mind and madness when a woman does?

When does he ever think?" Richard straddled a chair and accepted a wind cup from Raoul. "If he were to sell his brain, he could claim it had never been used.", Chapter 7

During the day, memories could be held at bay, but at night, dreams became the devil's own accomplices.

Forget the threat of Hell's infernal flames. The true torture would condemn a man to wait and wait and wait - for an eternity

I can't be my own person if I constantly require someone else to hold me together.

If you burn away my bones, my love for him would remain, tattooed in the air.

I am a soul in the world: in the world of my soul the whirled light from the day the sacked land of my father.

A man who was loved by 300 woman singled me out to live with him. Why? I was the only one without a cat.

I'm not a political person. I usually beware of political persons. I know many, but I'm not one of them. I have no political ambitions.

If you would get a contented life, do not grasp too much of the world, do not take in more of the business of the world than God calls you to.

Many times we are tempted to defer to the documents we create, rather than the direct experiences we have.

Always stay true to yourselves.

What a fortunate fellow I am, I kept telling myself. Nobody has ever had such a lovely time as this!

My longing for you keeps me in this moment My passion gives me courage