In spite of myself, I gave a snort. "Just once, I'd like to hear a simple, straightforward prophecy.

I don't like to be the go-to expert on biblical prophecy,

For surely a king is first a man. And so it must follow that a king does as all men do: the best he can.

I am free to choose my own actions. Indeed, like everyone else, I must be so. A good act that is compelled is not goodness at all, but merely force.

If you have to ask, you've never been in love. More than that, you've never had your feelings hurt by the one you want to trust and cherish you most of all.

Love so joyfully and freely given can never be taken away. It is never truly gone.