I think that old magic draws much of its strength from that acknowledgment: that we are a part of that world.

How do you politely explain to someone that you had believed for years he was a moron as well as a Fool?

You can be the dead fish. I'll be the old stick

When considering a man's motives, remember you must not measure his wheat with your bushel. He may not be using the same standard at all.

Besides, if there were no dragons of flesh and blood and fire, whence would come the idea for these stone carvings?

Look forward, not back. Correct your course and go on. You cannot undo yesterday's journey.

One had a knife. But I had a staff and was trained to use it.