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

You see aright. I am both Queen and Elidhu, here and there, wildfire and hearthfire, forgetting and remembrance. But do no yet speak of this, for men are impatient with such things and do not brook contradiction.

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.

It is only the darkness in our own hearts that will defeat us, in the end.

Not even I can see all ends, but I have been in this world long enough to know that a choice is not choice and breeds slow ills, even were it done for the highest reasons.

It is far better to put away fear than to be driven by it.

Many forgotten things live still in children's tales.