And As I Watched Him, I Knew

But There Is One Thing You Must Remember, If You Forget All Else. There Is No Good Or Evil, Save In The Way You See The World. There Is No Dark Or Light Save In Your Own Vision. All Changes In The Blink Of An Eyelid; Yet All Remains The Same.

Real Life Is Not Quite As It Is In Stories. In The Old Tales, Bad Things Happen, And When The Tale Has Unfolded And Come To Its Triumphant Conclusion, It Is As If The Bad Things Had Never Been. Life Is Not As Simple As That, Not Quite.

Death, Of Course, Should Not Be Feared, But Awaited With Certain Wonder. To Die Was To Step Across A Threshold Into A New World, Unknown, Unimaginable.

Trust Can Be A Hard Lesson; Hope Still More Difficult.

He Was Sitting Not Far Away, Watching Me, And I Surprised A Smile On His Face, The First Real Smile I Had Ever Seen Him Give, A Smile That Curved And Softened The Tight Mouth, And Warmed The Ice-cool Eyes; A Smile That Brought The Blood To My Face And Made My Heart Turn Over.