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"True kinship has naught to do with blood ties, however strong they may be."

"As I give what they need, they give what I need; and treasure is what I need the least. My joy in in the craft, not the gain."

"And if my distaff and your knuckles met more often than you liked, it was because I deemed you worth reproving."

"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!"

"Luck? ... Not so! More labor than luck. Life's a forge, say I! Face the pounding; don't fear the proving, and you'll stand well against any hammer and anvil."

"Trust your luck, Taran Wanderer. But don't forget to put out your nets."

"Why, my luck's no greater than yours or any man's. You need only sharpen your eyes to see your luck when it comes, and sharpen your wits to use what falls into your hands."

"If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today."

"Count the deed, not the thought."

"Just because I look like a frog on the outside doesn't mean I'm not myself on the inside!"