Cannot a Beast be tamed?

“What was she to say? "The prodigal has returned? The mutineer wishes to be rein…”

“It is a much more straightforward thing to be a dog, and a dog's love, once giv…”

“we may not like it, but we need human friends, because we have human enemies wh…”

“She, too, spoke only when the queen or king addressed her first, but she looked…”