“なるかみの, すこしとよみて,
さしくもり,
あめもふらぬか,
きみをとどめむ”
A faint clap of thunder,
Clouded skies,
Perhaps rain will come.
If so, will you stay here with me?
Yukari to Takao on the introduction
“なるかみの,すこしとよみて,
ふらずとも,
われはとまらむ,
いもしとどめば”
A faint clap of thunder,
Even if rain comes or not,
I will stay here,
Together with you.
Takao responding to Yukari after an intermission
Sir Francis Bacon
Originally from Essayes: Religious Meditations. Places of Perswasion and Disswasion. Seene and Allowed (1597)
Taken from Gateway to the Great Books, Volume Five: Critical Essays (1990)
Beauty is as summer fruits, which are easy to corrupt, and cannot last; and for the most part it makes a dissolute youth, and an age a little out of countenance; but yet certainly again, if it light well, it maketh virtue shine, and vices blush.
“A queen is never late. Everyone else is simply early.”
”A princess never chases a chicken.”
”You shouldn’t hide. It only makes them gossip more.”
“To be a princess, you've got to believe that you're a princess. You've gotta walk the way you think a princess should walk, so think tall, smile and wave, and just have fun.”
”Should I shoo him? Should I shoo him? Just tell me who I should shoo and I’ll shoo.”
”Tell me your greatest desires.”
”Tell me a secret.”
”Isn't that the same?”
”Almost, but anyone can see your desires. No one knows what's in your heart.”
”So? Anything?”
”I really want to say yes, but no. There’s just no… spark.”
”Me too.”
”Mia. You chose me. You chose me and I accepted. And a gentleman never backs out on his word. We’re going to… We’re going to stand up in church and say ‘I do’, and tomorrow we’ll be man and wife. And you’re going to make an amazing Queen of Genovia.”
”Well, the heart does things for reasons that reason cannot understand.”
”You’re preaching to the choir.”
”I can’t do this.”
”I know.”
”Mia, I want you to make your choices as a woman. Don’t make the same mistakes I did. Make your own mistakes. There’ll be plenty of them, believe me.”
”I stand here, ready to take my place as your queen. Without a husband.”
”Just because I didn't get my fairytale ending doesn't mean you shouldn't.”
”I decline. I refuse to be king. Ladies and gentleman, it is Princess Mia, who should rule. She is bright and she is caring, but more importantly she has a vision. One that will take Genovia forward and if the Parliament were astute, they would name her queen. Listen to her, she'll take us into the 21st century. Besides, just think how lovely she'll look on our postage stamp.”
”If I may be so bold, I would like an audience with Your Highness.”
”What is your dilemma, young man?”
”You are, in fact. I’m in love with the queen-to-be. And I’m inquiring if she loves me too.”
”Do you have a chicken for my table?”
”No. No, my kitchen is out of chickens.”
”Ah.”