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  1. Lloyd Alexander _ Taran Wanderer

    Had I done it sooner, perhaps he might have lived. He was a man of courage and good heart, a proud man. Now he is dead. I saved the signal to use in a worthy cause, and when I found one it was wasted." "Wasted?" answered Fflewddur. "I think not. Since you did your best and didn't begrudge using it, I shouldn't call it wasted at all.
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  2. Lloyd Alexander _ Taran Wanderer

    There are heroes and heroes. I don't deny he's acted bravely on occasion. He's fought beside Lord Gwydion and been proud of himself as a chick wearing eagle's feathers. But that's only one kind of bravery. Has the darling robin ever scratched for his own worms? That's bravery of another sort. And between the two, dear Orwen, he might find the latter shows the greater courage.
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  3. Lloyd Alexander _ Taran Wanderer

    I ask no comfort," Taran replied, "but the truth, be it harsh or happy.""Ah, my sweet robin," said Orddu, "for the finding of that, nothing is harder. There are those who have spent lifetimes at it, and many in worse plight than yours.
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  4. Lloyd Alexander _ Taran Wanderer

    Two things never mix: one is enchantments and the other is meddling with them.
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  5. Lloyd Alexander _ Taran Wanderer

    Is a man truly what he see himself to be?''Only if what he sees is true.
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  6. Lloyd Alexander _ Taran Wanderer

    My luck's no greater than yours or any man's. You need only sharpen your eyes to see your luck when it comes, and sharpen your wits to use what falls into your hands.
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  7. Lloyd Alexander _ Taran Wanderer

    Count the deed, not the thought.
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  8. Lloyd Alexander _ Taran Wanderer

    Stale water is a poor drink,' said Annlaw. 'Stale skill is worse. And the man who walks in his own footsteps only ends where he began.
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  9. Lloyd Alexander _ Taran Wanderer

    If life is a loom, the pattern you weave is not so easily unraveled.
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  10. Lloyd Alexander _ Taran Wanderer

    For Wayfarers still journeying, for Wanderers at rest.
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  11. Lloyd Alexander _ Taran Wanderer

    I saw myself.... In the time I watched, I saw strength-and frailty. Pride and vanity, courage and fear. Of wisdom, a little. Of folly, much. Of intentions, many good ones; but many more left undone. In this, alas, I saw myself a man like any other. But this, too, I saw.... Alike as men may seem, each is different as flakes of snow, no two the same. You told me you had no need to seek the Mirror, knowing you were Annlaw Clay-Shaper. Now I know who I am: myself and none other. I am Taran.
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  12. Lloyd Alexander _ Taran Wanderer

    If you want truth, you should begin by giving it.
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