Princess and Soldier

“May you have the courage to go places that scare you.”

“In late night showers, words and passion rise with steam, soaking us with joy.”

“I do not think I’m easy to define. I have a wandering mind. And I’m not anything that you think I am.”

“The things that go unsaid are often the things that eat at you – whether because you didn’t get to have your say, or because the other person never got to hear you and really wanted to.”

“But the aching faded, too. Things get better – hurt less – over time. If you let them.”

“The pleasures arising from thinking and learning will make us think and learn all the more.”

“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”

“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.”

“Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.”

“Hope is good as long as it doesn’t become delusion. Fear is good as long as it doesn’t become despair.”

“She is the only moon but she is illuminated by two suns. My moon, my woman.”

“I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.”

“So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.”