There were some things, some events that would never leave you. That changed the very structure of your being, and you’d have to just learn to fight it when it came calling.
“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?”
― The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
― The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
“Moral issues rarely have yes or no answers.
-Myles to Alanna when she asks about the Gift”
― Alanna: The First Adventure
-Myles to Alanna when she asks about the Gift”
― Alanna: The First Adventure
“Someday I must read this scholar Everyone. He seems to have written so much--all of it wrong.”
― Emperor Mage
― Emperor Mage
“Home is behind, the world ahead,
and there are many paths to tread
through shadows to the edge of night,
until the stars are all alight.”
― The Lord of the Rings
and there are many paths to tread
through shadows to the edge of night,
until the stars are all alight.”
― The Lord of the Rings
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