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“Fire, water, earth, and air,
All meet in the dragon's lair.
Six brave hearts have failed the test;One continues in the quest.
Remember well the words you know
When on to find your fate you go.”
― Emily Rodda, Rowan of Rin

“Look for the hand that points the way,
And take the path where children play.
Then where the face with breath that sighs
Bends to admire its gleaming eyes,
You way is marked by lines of light
That mean escape from endless night.”
― Emily Rodda, Rowan of Rin

“Some things a man simply cannot do.”
― Emily Rodda, Rowan of Rin

“Seven hearts the journey make.
Seven ways the hearts will break.
Bravest heart will carry on
When sleep is death, and hope is gone.
Look in the fiery jaws of fear
And see the answer white and clear,
Then throw away all thoughts of home,
For only then your quest is done.”
― Emily Rodda, Rowan of Rin

“The smallest and weakest of us proved the strongest and bravest in the end.”
― Emily Rodda, Rowan of Rin

“Fearing, you climbed the mountain. Fearing, you faced its dangers. And fearing, you went on. That is real bravery, Rowan. Only fools do not fear. Sheba knew that. Sheba knew everything all along.”
― Emily Rodda, Rowan of Rin

“Let arms be still and voices low,
A million eyes watch as you go.
A silken door your pathway ends,
There fire and light will be your friends.
Then see yourself as others may,
And catch noon's eye to clear your way.”
― Emily Rodda, Rowan of Rin

“Nothing here is as it seems;
Dreams are truths, and truths are dreams.
Closed your ears to loved ones' cries;
Die if you believe your eyes.
Bind with ropes your flesh and blood,
And let your guide be made of wood.”
― Emily Rodda, Rowan of Rin

“Left or right, which will you take?
For both of them your heart will break.
One is cruel, one is fair,
One a passage, one a snare.
Choose the one that hides the light,
And you will know your path is right.”
― Emily Rodda, Rowan of Rin

“You have been menaced by giant spiders, nearly smothered in a swamp, and now half drowned and frozen, and you are embarrassed about taking your clothes off in front of me! Does that not seem ridiculous?”
― Emily Rodda, Rowan of Rin