Before Anything Else I Was

They Say That At The Mountain Pass He Looked Back At His Kingdom, His Beautiful Kingdom, And Wept, And His Mother Told Him To Weep Like A Woman For What He Could Not Hold As A Man.

Take Care With Your Words, Jacquetta, Especially In Cursing. Only Say The Things You Mean, Make Sure You Lay Your Curse On The Right Man. For Be Very Sure That When You Put Such Words Out In The World They Can Overshoot-like An Arrow, A Curse Can Go Beyond Your Target And Harm Another. A Wise Woman Curses Very Sparingly.

I Shall Be Dark And French And Fashionable And Difficult. And You Shall Be Sweet And Open And English And Fair. What A Pair We Shall Be! What Man Can Resist Us?

Words Have Weight, Something Once Said Cannot Be Unsaid. Meaning Is Like A Stone Dropped Into A Pool; The Ripples Will Spread And You Cannot Know What Back They Wash Against.

If There Is Love Enough,then Nothing-not Nature, Not Even Death Itself- Can Come Between Two Who Love Each Other.