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“Stale water is a poor drink,' said Annlaw. 'Stale skill is worse. And the man who walks in his own footsteps only ends where he began.”
― Taran Wanderer
― Taran Wanderer
“If life is a loom, the pattern you weave is not so easily unraveled.”
― Taran Wanderer
― Taran Wanderer
“I have the sword I fashioned,' Taran proudly cried, 'the cloak I wove, and the bowl I shaped. And the friendship of those in the fairest land of Prydain. No man can find greater treasure.”
― Taran Wanderer
― Taran Wanderer
“Annlaw was silent and intent; his lined face had brightened; the years had fallen away from it. Taran felt his heart fill with a joy that seemed to reach from the potter to himself, and in that moment understood that he was in the presence of a true master craftsman, greater than any he had ever known.
"Fflewddur was wrong," Taran murmured. "If there is enchantment, it lies not in the potter's wheel but in the potter."
"Enchantment there is none," answered Annlaw, never turning from his work. "A gift, perhaps, but a gift that bears with it much toil."
"If I could make a thing of such beauty, it is a toil I would welcome," Taran said.”
― Taran Wanderer
"Fflewddur was wrong," Taran murmured. "If there is enchantment, it lies not in the potter's wheel but in the potter."
"Enchantment there is none," answered Annlaw, never turning from his work. "A gift, perhaps, but a gift that bears with it much toil."
"If I could make a thing of such beauty, it is a toil I would welcome," Taran said.”
― Taran Wanderer
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Chelsi’s 2025 Year in Books
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