“Only the nightingale joins not in the noise of these critics. Caring naught for her contemporaries, the red rose is her only thought, and her only song; deep lost in desire, she flutters around that red rose, and wild with inspiration she leaps among the loved thorns, and sings and bleeds.”

Ad·a·man·tine [adəˈmanˌtēn], adj.
1. Made of or resembling adamant.
2. Having the hardness or luster of a Diamond.
3. Utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion.
4. Too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
Your pick.

“If I can stop one heart from breaking I shall not live in vain
If I can ease one life the aching
Or cool one pain
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again I shall not live in vain.”

“And as the years flowed by, some villagers told travelers of a beast and a beauty who lived in the castle and could be seen walking on the battlements, and others told of two beauties, and others, of two beasts.”

Who dared to mock me?
I stood my ground, fierce and proud! — ♫

I cannot promise I’ll smile,
But I can promise I’ll try — ♫

Who are you to tell me
Who to be? — ♫