Broken oaths are bad luck eggs." That was so weird, I did not know what to say. So I said, "Eggs?" "They hatch bad luck. - John C. Wright

What can you do?"
"I can bring you in dream to one who dreams of you."
"Will that help me?"
"No. But you will come, because you will hope that it will.

I will grant you three wishes, but do not ask for immortality without asking for eternal youth.

Whatever dwelt among the stars had nothing to do with earthly concerns. I wonder if you will understand me if I said, staring at the indifference of the cold heavens, that I never felt less religious than in that moment, but staring at their majesty, the grandeur, I never felt more. Cruel Saturn’s created world was worthy of awe.