I hoped that grief was similar to the other emotions. That it would end, the way happiness did. Or laughter.

I had made a decision, although I hardly knew it yet. It’s often that way with decisions, they’re made in some hidden part of us and the awareness secretes itself slowly into that conscious part...

I am afraid of him now. The one I love most in the world.

You are intelligent, you are diplomatic, you are beautiful, and you are and always will be…[he kisses her]…MINE…

Don’t you understand brother? I want to find a love…that will free me from this love…

A prince may be seen happy today and ruined tomorrow without having shown any chance in his character. For the prince who relies entirely on fortune is lost when it changes…