“DEDICATED TO: YOU -it has been so long,too long,since you have had a home.”
“Hasn't it been a long time since you had a flying dream?”
“It has been a very long time since I've received a gift as extraordinary as you.”
“It had been so long since i'd let myself fall for anybody.”
“How long has it been since someone touched part of you other than your body?”
“The road and the tale have both been long, would you not say so? The trip has been long and the cost has been high... but no great thing was ever attained easily. A long tale, like a tall Tower, must be built a stone at a time.”