#quotes {eiluned}

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Spoil it you will, surely. I'll toss it back into the kneading trough, mix it with the other clay, and sooner or later it will serve again. It will not be lost. Indeed, nothing ever is, but comes back in one shape or another.

Lloyd Alexander, Taran Wanderer

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Craftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains. The heart renews itself, Wanderer, and skill grows all the better for it.

Lloyd Alexander, Taran Wanderer

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I've heard men complain of doing woman's work, and women complain of doing man's work. But I've never heard the work complain of who did it, so long as it got done!

Lloyd Alexander, Taran Wanderer

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I give it up. My quest has brought only grief to all of you. And for me, it's led me not to honor but to shame. Taran? Taran makes me sick at heart. I longed to be of noble birth, longed for it so much I believed it was true. A proud birthright was all that counted for me. Those who had none- even when I admired them, as I admired Aeddan, as I learned to admire Craddoc- I deemed them lesser because of it. Without knowing them, I judged them less than what they were. Now I see them as true men. Noble? They are far nobler than I. I am not proud of myself. I may never be again. If I do find pride, I'll find it not in what I was or what I am, but what I may become. Not in my birth, but in myself.

Lloyd Alexander, Taran Wanderer

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Ask, sooner, mute stone and voiceless rock to speak. Quenched will be Dyrnwyn's flame; Vanished, its power. Night turn to noon and rivers burn with frozen fire Ere Dyrnwyn be regained.

Lloyd Alexander, The High King

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