Cannot a Beast be tamed?

“But the world turns, and even legends change; and somewhere there is a border, …”

“the bus timetable sites are all run by an inbred cabal of malicious gnomes. Who…”

“Then marry me. For I love you, and I do not believe there is anything so wrong …”

“What was new was the fact that, despite my heart doing its fight-or-flight, hel…”