I came from across the ocean and through the wilderness and landed here and found you hiding behind a tapestry. My fate was sealed at the sight of your stockinged feet.~Viktor von Strassenberg

It was enough to drive me mad. I was no longer myself and yet I was so much more me than I had ever been before. ~Katherine Demure

It's an odd thing- the softer and more easily hurt a woman is the better she can screw herself up to do what has to be done.

Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way.

My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer.

You know, you remind me of my younger brother. I miss that kid, so much that I sometimes regret killing him.

It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.

Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.

Nothing is complete and thus nothing is exempt from criticism.

Our task is to accept each moment and move on from there, continuing to do our level best.

We need to understand that there is a process of learning and experience and success will stem from this. The painting represents life and the brushstroke represents the steps we take in life.

The Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys the sense of compassion, which is the finest sentiment of which our human nature is capable.