You Know How It Is. Boy Meets

She Was His North Star, The Fixed Point Round Which His World Turned. For As Long As His Heart Beat, Or Hers, He Believed They Would Always Share A Destiny.

You May Think Life Is Sweet Now, But When Death Is A Heartbeat Away Then Life Becomes Unbearably Desirable. And When You Survive, Everything You Do Will Be Enhanced And Filled With Greater Joy: The Sunlight, The Breeze, A Good Wine, A Woman's Lips, A Child's Laughter.

We Are Tiny Flames, Helikaon, And We Flicker Alone In The Great Dark For No More Than A Heartbeat. When We Strive For Wealth, Glory And Fame, It Is Meaningless. The Nations We Fight For Will One Day Cease To Be. Even The Mountains We Gaze Upon Will Crumble To Dust. To Truly Live We Must Yearn For That Which Does Not Die.

Heroes Are People Who Face Down Their Fears. It Is That Simple.

I Have Discovered In My Long Life That There Are Many Words And Phrases Which Have More Power Than Any Spell Of Magick. The Most Well-known Of These Is, Of Course, I Love You. But By Far The Most Deadly Is, If Only. For These Two Words Can Strip A Man's Strength, His Courage And His Confidence. They Become The Father Of Regret And Anguish And Pain.