Many a man isn't as good as his woman, but I never knew a husband who was better than his wife. - Orson Scott Card

"Why won't anyone ever answer my questions?"
"Because you never stop asking them and especially because you keep asking them even when it's clear that nobody knows the answers."
"Well, how do I know that they don't know the answer unless I ask?"

There are many steps on the continuum between controlling something and doing nothing at all.

I had seen the princess and let her lie there unawakened, because the happily ever after was so damnably much work.