The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1)

by Lloyd Alexander

“we learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.

“It is not the trappings that make the prince,” he said gently, “nor, indeed, the sword that makes the warrior.

“It is not given to men to know the ends of their journeys,” Medwyn answered. “It may be that you will never return to the places dearest to you. But how can that matter, if what you must do is here and now?”

Most of us are called on to perform tasks far beyond what we can do. Our capabilities seldom match our aspirations, and we are often woefully unprepared. To this extent, we are all Assistant Pig-Keepers at heart.