Sometimes You Cannot Help What

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.

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.

He Promised Her That He Would Give Her Everything, Everything She Wanted, As Men In Love Always Do. And She Trusted Him Despite Herself, As Women In Love Always Do.

I Believe In Me, In My View Of The World. I Believe In My Responsibility For My Own Destiny, Guilt For My Own Sins, Merit For My Own Good Deeds, Determination Of My Own Life. I Don't Believe In Miracles, I Believe In Hard Work.

Edward Lives As If There Is No Tomorrow, Richard As If He Wants No Tomorrow, And George As Though Someone Should Give It To Him For Free.