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Men have to have heroes, but no man can ever be as big as the need, and so a legend grows around a grain of truth, like a pearl.

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The writing of fantasy is best left to those who have nothing better to do, as is indicated by the fairy tales of otherwise gifted writers like Robert...more

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Sing to me," she said. "That would be valiant, to raise your voice in this dark, lonely place, and it will be useful as well. Sing to me, sing loudly-...more

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My son, your ineptitude is so vast, your incompetence so profound, that I am certain you are inhabited by greater power than I have ever known. Unfort...more

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You were the one who taught me," he said. "I never looked at you without seeing the sweetness of the way the world goes together, or without sorrow fo...more

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I think that love is stronger than habits or circumstances. I think it is possible to keep yourself for someone for a long time, and still remember wh...more

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

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He is a true hero," she said, "a dragonslayer, a giantkiller, a rescuer of maidens, a solver of impossible riddles. He may be the greatest hero of all...more

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There is an old saying that there is no country as unhappy as one that need heroes."(King Pelles the Sure)