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Some say an army of horsemensome an army on footothers say ships laden for warare the fairest things on earth.But I say the fairest sighton this dark earthis the face of the one you love.Nor is it hard to understand:love has humbled the heartsof the proudest queens.And I would rather see you now stepping over my thresholdthan any soldier greaved in gold or any iron-beaked ship.

cadvan, love, maerad, poem, song

…only more keenly aware of how her soul starved within her, its wings wasting with the despair of disuse.

beautiful-language, description, despair, disuse, wings

The risk of all friendship is, alas, a little grief.

friendship, grief, risk

Old friend,’ said Cadvan, filling another glass for himself and sniffing its rich smell. ‘If we do not trust one another, we are already defeated.

We are all mistaken sometimes; sometimes we do wrong things, things that have bad consequences. But it does not mean we are evil, or that we cannot be trusted ever afterward.

forgiveness, mistakes, trust

I’d rather you wanted to make love,’ said Dernhil, smiling crookedly. ‘That was my first thought, when you barged in here. I could easily refuse that.”It’s a much lesser question,’ said Cadvan gravely. Then he gave Dernhil a sharp look. ‘Would you really refuse me?”Probably.’ Dernhil’s eyes brimmed with sudden laughter. ‘Honestly, Cadvan, have you no grace? What a thing to ask!’Cadvan’s rare smile leapt in his face. ‘It occurs to me that I might love you well enough.’Dernhil looked briefly astonished. ‘And to think that all these years I thought you hated me!’ he said lightly. ‘You know I don’t hate you,’ said Cadvan. ‘I think you know I never did. Nor you me. And you, maybe more than anyone else I know, understands that there are many kinds of love.’ He gestured impatiently. ‘That’s not what I’m asking, anyway.”I know.’ Dernhil met his gaze darkly. ‘Only you would demand such a thing, in the middle of the night, from me, of all people!”Yes,’ said Cadvan, a soft mockery in his voice. ‘From you, of all people!’Dernhil looked down at his hands and was silent for a time, thinking. Cadvan waited patiently, watching him. When Dernhil looked up, his face was open, and a smile lurked in the back of his eyes. ‘Perhaps I love you enough to scry you, Cadvan,’ he said. ‘And that is a great deal more than you deserve.’ p.146

bards, friendship, love, pellinor, truth

I’d rather you wanted to make love,’ said Dernhil, smiling crookedly. ‘That was my first thought, when you barged in here. I could easily refuse that.”It’s a much lesser question,’ said Cadvan gravely. Then he gave Dernhil a sharp look. ‘Would you really refuse me?”Probably.’ Dernhil’s eyes brimmed with sudden laughter. ‘Honestly, Cadvan, have you no grace? What a thing to ask!’Cadvan’s rare smile smile leapt in his face. ‘It occurs to me that I might love you well enough.’Dernhil looked briefly astonished. ‘And to think that all these years I thought you hated me!’ he said lightly. ‘You know I don’t hate you,’ said Cadvan. ‘I think you know I never did. Nor you me. And you, maybe more than anyone else I know, understands that there are many kinds of love.’ He gestured impatiently. ‘That’s not what I’m asking, anyway.”I know.’ Dernhil met his gaze darkly. ‘Only you would demand such a thing, in the middle of the night, from me, of all people!”Yes,’ said Cadvan, a soft mockery in his voice. ‘From you, of all people!’Dernhil looked down at his hands and was silent for a time, thinking. Cadvan waited patiently, watching him. When Dernhil looked up, his face was open, and a smile lurked in the back of his eyes. ‘Perhaps I love you enough to scary you, Cadvan,’ he said. ‘And that is a great deal more than you deserve.’ p.146

bard, friendship, love, pellinor, truth

It is good to dress in fair clothes to dine with friends. It honors your host, if you are a guest; and your guest if you are a host. And both adorn the feast, and so celebrate the gifts of the world.

food, friendship, manners

Your future is uncertain, and I can tell you nothing that can help you. You are singular and dangerous, and so it is that you are sought by both the Dark and the Light.

conflict, future, identity, uncertainty

By the light,” he said, when he had mastered himself. “I think that beats singing a lullaby to a stormdog for simplicity and economy, Maerad. But I wish I had known that you simply had to blow at Hulls to get rid of them. It would have saved me a few scars.

funny, humor, sarcastic

As every reader knows in his or her heart, there is much more to truth than mere fact.

fiction, inspirational, reading, truth

…she felt as if her entire body were glowing with the taste of sunlight, of wind blowing in wide spaces and trees reaching their burdened arms to boundless skies.

beautiful-language, description, joy, sunlight