“ What I do . . . the path I tread . . . it brings some choices that test me hard. ”
I like the truth, even when it does trouble me.
~ Juliet Marillier
There is no truth on this island of yours. Rather, there are as many truths as there are stars in the sky; and every one of them different.
If she were here I wouldn't be able to keep my hands off her. I would hold her so close she'd beg me to let her breathe. I'd kiss her so hard she'd plead for mercy. I'd unfasten her clothing and lie with her on that hard bed, and what was between us would be as far above the ordinary congress between man and woman as the stars are above their pale reflections in the lake below.
If a man truly loves, he gives no heed to what others may think. His heart has no room for that, for it is filled to the brim with the unutterable truth of his feelings.
