Cannot a Beast be tamed?

“I don't believe in fate," she said at last. "But I do believe in... loopholes. …”

“There was, too, a reality to her new life that her old life had lacked, and she…”

“But it is not, as we say when we are being diplomatic, a fruitful source of inq…”

“With the knowledge of her aloneness came a rush of self-declaration: I will not…”