A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.

The journey is the treasure.

Child, child, do you not see? For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.

I have never known courage to be judged by the length of a man's hair. Or, for the matter of that, whether he has any hair at all.

My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author.

If the pull of the outside world is strong, there is also a pull towards the human. The cat may disappear on its own errands, but sooner or later, it returns once again for a little while, to greet us with its own type of love.

The Prydain Companion is more than a quick reference or handy glossary, though it is all of that as well. Instructive, certainly. But, like any good companion, a pleasure to be with over a long period of time.