"He did not mention his skill as a carver. He had never sold pounamu. He would not sell pounamu. For..."

“He did not mention his skill as a carver. He had never sold pounamu. He would not sell pounamu. For one could not put a price upon a treasure, just as one could not purchase mana, and one could not make a bargain with a god.”

- Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries (via m-l-rio)