في المستقبل يكمن مصدر الخوف ، ومن تحرر من المستقبل لا يبقى لديه ما يخشاه - Milan Kundera

But was it love? The feeling of wanting to die beside her was clearly exaggerated: he had seen her only once before in his life! Was it simply the hysteria of a man, who, aware deep down of his inaptitude for love, felt the self-deluding need to simulate it?

Is a fool on the throne relieved of all responsibility merely because he is a fool?

If he invited her to come, then come she would, and offer him up her life.