I Have Given My Word

She Is Melusina, The Water Goddess, And She Is Found In Hidden Springs And Waterfalls In Any Forest In Christendom, Even In Those As Far Away As Greece. (...) A Man May Love Her If He Keeps Her Secret And Lets Her Alone When She Wants To Bathe, And She May Love Him In Return Until He Breaks His Word, As Men Always Do, And She Sweeps Him Into The Depths With Her Fishy Tail, And Turns His Faithless Blood To Water. The Tragedy Of Melusina, Whatever Language Tells It, Whatever Tune It Sings, Is That A Man Will Always Promise More Than He Can Do To A Woman He Cannot Understand.

If It Has To Be Done At All, It Must Be Done With Grace.

A Man Will Always Promise To Do More Than He Can Do To A Woman He Cannot Understand.

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.

...your Trouble, William, Is That You Have No Ambition. You Don't See That There Is In Life Only Ever One Goal.' 'and What Is That?' More', George Said Simply. 'just More Of Anything. More Of Everything.