“My heart breaks. Also not the first time. I long to go after him. To find himand hold himand kiss himin the loveliest of gardens.”
“And a young prince must be prudent like that,giving freely while his father livesso that afterwards, in age when fighting startssteadfast companions will stand by himand hold the line.”
“I had to work out that he was always going to break my heart as long as I was willing to let him in.”
“And [he] sailed back over a yearand in and out of weeksand through a day and into the night of his very own roomwhere he found his supper waiting for himand it was still hot”
“You are going to break your promise. I understand. And I hold my hands over the ears of my heart, so that I will not hate you.”
“But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue.”