She said, "I will go no farther." "There is no choice. We can only go on." The magician said again. "We can only go on.

Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.

Ravens bring things to people. We're like that. It's our nature. We don't like it.

The horns came riding in like the rainbow masts of silver ships.

...but the enchantment of error that you put on me I must wear forever in your eyes.

The true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things...Things must happen when it is time for them to happen.

If she had touched me," he said very softly, "I would have been hers and not my own, not ever again. I wanted her to touch me but I could not let her. No cat will. We let human beings caress us because it is pleasant enough and calms them - but not her. The price is more than a cat can pay.