None Of Us Can Choose

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.

You Know How It Is. Boy Meets Girl, Girl Wants Boy Dead. An Everyday Story, Really.

Bow To Nothing, Son. I Make Mistakes As Well As Any Man. If You Think Me Wrong, Be So Good As To Damn Well Say So.

To Be Truthful I Am Not Entirely Sure What People Mean When They Talk Of Happiness. There Are Moments Of Joy And Laughter, The Comfort Of Friendship, But Enduring Happiness? If It Exists I Have Not Found It

Not One Of The Creatures Of Blood Can Escape Death. We All Face It, And Succumb To It. It Follows Us Like A Dark Shadow. Yet If We Live In Terror Of It, Then We Do Not Live At All. Yes We Are Born Alone, And Yes We Will Die Alone. But In Between, Tae, We Live. We Know Joy.