The kindest interpretation would be: 'Hope springs eternal.

but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who never really sought it

Words are, in my not so humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic.

Like a tongue on frozen steel, like flesh in flame —

Mysterious thing, Time. Powerful, and when meddled with, dangerous.

I would assume that you were going to offer me refreshment, but the evidence so far suggests that that would be optimistic to the point of foolishness.