Castle an' This Guy

A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air.

A psychotic is the man who lives in it.

A psychiatrist is the man who collects the rent.

~Jerome Lawrence

For two million and change, I can own the Castle (and the Friary next door).

I'd take off the cross, and put a dragon on the front lawn.

I'd use it as a B&B, we'd rent it for weddings, hand-fastings, themed parties, senior pictures, film-making, as well as hosting royal balls, performing plays, and re-enacting scenes from the first Outlander novel.

I turned to Jamie in sudden panic. "I can't marry you! I don't even know your last name!"

He looked down at me and cocked a ruddy eyebrow. "Oh. It's Fraser. James Alexander Malcolm Mackenzie Fraser.

"A blood vow? What do the words mean?"

'Ye are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone.

I give ye my Body, that we Two might be One.

I give ye my Spirit, 'til our Life shall be Done.'

Hobbit Door, under the balcony

Beautiful women would pay us to be locked in the highest room of the tallest tower, awaiting their Prince to rescue them.

"What kind of knight are you?"

"One of a kind."

The views while they are waiting are stunning.

"O! she doth teach the torches to burn bright"

"Rapunzel, Rapunzel! Let down your long hair!"

Howl: Calcifer, move the castle sixty miles west. And while you're at it, make hot water for my bath.

Calcifer: Fine, like moving the castle isn't hard enough!

When I left you, Bella, I left you bleeding. Jacob was the one to stitch you back up again. That was bound to leave its mark — on both of you. I’m not sure those kinds of stitches dissolve on their own. I can’t blame either of you for something I made necessary. I may gain forgiveness, but that doesn’t let me escape the consequences.

I can be noble, Bella. I’m not going to make you choose between us. Just be happy, and you can have whatever part of me you want, or none at all, if that’s better. Don’t let any debt you feel you owe me influence your decision.Edward Cullen, Eclipse

"I was at a loss suddenly; but conscious all the while of how Armand listened; that he listened in the way that we dream of others listening, his face seeming to reflect on every thing said. He did not start forward to seize on my slightest pause, to assert an understanding of something before the thought was finished, or to argue with a swift, irresistible impulse -- the things which often make dialogue impossible.
And after a long interval he said, 'I want you. I want you more than anything in the world."
— Anne Rice (Interview With the Vampire)

The Castle, as it is called, was constructed from 1928 through 1933 by Thoney Pietro, an immigrant Italian stonemason who had become prosperous using his expertise and craft throughout West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Pietro donated the Castle to the Franciscan Friars in 1949. The Franciscans constructed a chapel in 1955 and a dormitory in 1968.

The Howard Hanna site states the friary was once used as a training facility, church and retreat by the Good Counsel Friary. At 25215 sq feet, it sits on 14 acres of land and has about 20 bedrooms, two large rooms that could be used as seminar rooms or classrooms, several offices, a cafeteria with space for a commercial kitchen, and marble-floored bathrooms.

Estimated cost of renovations would be more than $1 million. It costs about $,000 to $10,000 a month to keep the Friary running, including utilities and maintenance.