Forgive me again.” He lifts the carafe and refreshes his goblet. “What happened to those two children who laughed at dandelion fuzz?” he says softly. “Are they gone forever, do you think?

I’ve learned that being alone and being lonely are not the same thing. Once I was surrounded by people and lonely for it, but now I’m alone and I’ve never been so content.

We’re to be married. Does it matter if I permit it?”“To me it does, yes, ” says Merek. “And I imagine you, like me, appreciate the illusion of having a choice, even when illusion is all it is.

But I want you, ” he smiles at me. “Not just to make me a king. I’ve always wanted you. Despite it all, you are still the bride I would choose. I do choose you.

The world's full of wonder, he said. Or at least horror that looks wondrous from afar.

You don't have to be a professional to express an experienced opinion. Often times, the professionals are silent...or biased...

But fight we must; and conquer we shall; in the end.

A book is quite a beautiful thing, even more so learning. Together, however, all they amount to is called book-learning.

All isolation is wrong so say the herd. And long didst thou belong to the herd.

The ego is that ugly little troll that lives underneath the bridge between your mind and your heart.

It's a strange sensation to live inside another person's life, to wonder all the time what he is doing, or thinking or feeling.

An executive should be a realist; and no one is less realistic than the cynic.

Gold is not overvalued at $500, and gold will not be overvalued at $1,500 or $2,000. The real money is buying gold and putting it away.

When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous.