Adventures are not all pony-rides in May-sunshine.

I will not walk backward in life.

Alas, not me, lord!" she said. "Shadow lies on me still. Look not to me for healing! I am a shieldmaiden and my hand is ungentle.

The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.

Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.

Above all shadows rides the sun.