Intelligence and education that hasn’t been tempered by human affection isn’t worth a damn.
The business of self-command she settled very easily;—with strong affections it was impossible, with calm ones it could have no merit.
— Just to exist — it is an empty life
— If you still feel the emptiness, then something is left.
Ce n’est pas toujours le dévot extrème
Le plus vrai croyant,
Ni toujours celui qui dit: je vous aime,
Le mieux vous aimant.
— But it will be, Regina. I have faith in you. You will figure out a way eventually.
— That's what I'm trying to tell you. I'm not sure I can figure it out.
— I can't help but think you're avoiding me.
— Well. Not very well, it seems.
— You're upset because of what I said that I'm still in love with you. I suppose I should never have told you, not after I asked you to find a way to save my wife.
— That's not why I'm avoiding you.
— Then why can't you even look me in the eye?
— Because I don't know how to tell you the truth.
— You know you can tell me anything.
— I've read every spell book in my prossession, experimented with every potion in my vault. I even tried to defeat the Snow Queen so I could force her to reverse the spell. But nothing I do seems good enough.
— But it will be, Regina. I have faith in you. You will figure out a way eventually.
— That's what I'm trying to tell you. I'm not sure I can figure it out.
I don't wanna die, but I don't wanna live like this
I just wanna feel something, I just wanna feel
I just wanna feel something, I just wanna feel
Something really real, so that I can really
Feel like a person again.