“Fear is a foolish way to control people”

“My love for you forged a bond to this land long before I even knew it. You play no part in my oaths to these people...because I made mine to you long ago, in my heart.”

“Fates are woven not by gods, but by the choices of humans--their greed and jealousies, their loves and courage...Fate is but one moment the gods extend to us, a test for us, but it is the choices we make that take us to that fate, or away. And so I will forge my own life!”

“Is it possible to both want and not want something at the same time? For desire to ride with fear?”

“If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.”

“I looked on, I thought, I reflected, I admired, in a state of stupefaction not altogether unmingled with fear!”

“And then, when there is nothing else between us but love, we can begin to find a way to truly be together.”