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“The steeper the climb, the more incentive to reach the top.

Even in the midst of the darkness, there is always a shard of light if we will but search for it hard enough and believe in it strongly enough.

A name portrays the nature of its wearer. The meaning of a name, however, portrays the trueness of its wearer in depths that very few ever come to comprehend.

May God bless you and keep you and give you peace in all that you do, and may we rest assured of this: that though we travel far apart and in many different directions and for long periods of time, we will meet again, if not in this lifetime, then in eternity, and there we will never have to say ‘good-bye’ again.

Courage is not found in lacking fear, courage is found in not allowing your fear to rule you.

Courage is really just facing fear.

Do not put too much stock in the stars my boy, they are fickle and distant and do not affect the lives of men by very great a margin.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
― Albert Einstein

“We live out our lives as we are meant to live them-with some choice, with some chance, but mostly as a result of the persons we are.”
― Terry Brooks, The Druid of Shannara

“Knowledge that is not used is often wasted, and it is shameful to waste anything, especially anything as valuable as knowledge.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt

“I will warn you now; adventures rarely, if ever, end. Once you step out on one you can never leave it behind; it follows you forever. Even if you make it home unharmed, you will never make it home unchanged.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt

“You had to admire a guy who called his own new book a classic before it was published and anyone else had a chance to read it.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“Vengeance cannot abide the agony of grace.”
― Anne Elisabeth Stengl, Goddess Tithe

“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

“It’s just like Kiernan Kane to send an urgent message hidden in an indecipherable mess of prophetic rhyme. By the time we’ve figured out what the thing means, we’ll be in the middle of danger only to realize that every assumption we made was completely wrong.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Minstrel's Call

“Brant growled deep in his throat. “I liked it better when it was just a worthless hunk of rock. Now it’s a worthless hunk of rock, and it’s mocking me.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Minstrel's Call

“The cartographers will not be pleased.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Minstrel's Call

“Each and every one of these brave souls standing with him would rather die fighting for virtue and beauty than surrender to a life without either.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Minstrel's Call

“Who dares disturb a sleeping dragon?”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Minstrel's Call

“When all seems lost, look for Kiernan Kane.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Minstrel's Call

“We are your friends,” Arnaud’s voice was low and strong. “You do not stand alone.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Minstrel's Call

“My tutors all said that the greatest of the wizards died many years ago and that their like would never be again seen in our lands.”
“Historians can be a pessimistic lot. I have never met one that did not believe that the world’s best years had already passed.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Minstrel's Call

“A sleep-deprived wizard is a truly dangerous thing.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Minstrel's Call

“You’re not so different from Kiernan anyway. You both have lived long enough to lose friends—too long, maybe. Perhaps that’s why the Minstrel wears a mask and keeps people at arm’s length: he too knows the pain of loving too much.”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Minstrel's Call

“Laugh at yourself, high and mighty king, laugh at yourself or despair!”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Minstrel's Call

“The prophecy seemed to indicate that we should stay together in order to succeed.”
“The prophecy has many meanings,” Kiernan said, “and none of them are clear.”
“Then why have a prophecy at all?” Brant demanded, a hint of his old irritation breaking into his voice.
“Has it really changed anything?” Kiernan asked.
“It has changed everything!”
“Interesting.” Kiernan looked thoughtful.“You really think so?”
― Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Minstrel's Call