To expect and dread a thing for a lifetime; does not prepare you for the thing itself.
Matt was almost completely naked. A tattered loincloth and an ugly chain with a yellow diamond were his only apparel.
The gods do not visit you to remind you what you know already.
Merlin, do you mind?' It was the King who asked me, a man as old and wise as myself; a man who could see past his own crowding problems, and guess what it might men to me, to walk in dead air where on...
Stories require faith, not facts.
Only a child expects life to be just; it's a man's part to stand by the consequences of his deeds.
Thinking and planning is one side of life; doing is another. A man cannot bedoing all the time.
I am nothing, yes; I am air and darkness, a word, a promise. I watch in the crystal and I wait in the hollow hills. But out there in the light I have a young king and a bright sword to do my work for...
This is beyond understanding. said the king. You are the wisest man alive. You know what is preparing. Why do you not make a plan to save yourself?And Merlin said quietly, Because I am wise. In the co...
Rest you here, enchanter, while the light fades,Vision narrows, and the farSky-edge is gone with the sun.Be content with the small sparkOf the coal, the smellOf food, and the breathOf frost beyond the...
And do you know another thing, Arthur? Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds.