We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.

True allegiance is only given willingly.

Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.

If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn.

She had no particular breed in mind, no unusual requirements. Except the special sense of mutual recognition that tells dog and human they have both come to the right place.

Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.

Llonio said life was a net for luck; to Hevydd the Smith life was a forge; and to Dwyvach the Weaver-Woman a loom. They spoke truly, for it is all of these. But you,' Taran said, his eyes meeting the potter's, 'you have shown me life is one thing more. It is clay to be shaped, as raw clay on a potter's wheel.