There is no shame in loving: it is the sign of a generous heart, and pain the price of an open soul.

Elednor,' he said, 'Elednor, why have you betrayed me? Come back to me. Come back to were you belong. I alone need you.

I would rather die than stay there." "Well, you might die.

The only good thing about being frightened half to death, she thought, is that it makes me forget all about being seasick.

It is good to dress in fair clothes to dine with friends. It honors your host, if you are a guest; and your guest if you are a host. And both adorn the feast, and so celebrate the gifts of the world.

And all meet in singing, which braids together the different knowings into a wide and subtle music, the music of living.

It is not given to us to know what difference we can make, and perhaps we can make no difference at all. But that is no reason not to make the attempt," said Saliman quietly. "The Light shines more brightly in the darkness.