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"Singing a new song is a nervous thing."

"Songs choose their hour and their own season. When your tune's tin, there is a reason. The tone of a tune is your heart's mettle, and there's no clear water from a muddy well. All you can do is let the silt settle, or you'll sound sour as a broken bell."
There is such wisdom in this book!

"What about falling?" I asked.
"If you fall, you fall." Elodin shrugged. "Sometimes falling teaches us things too. In dreams you often fall before you wake."

"It [being without an instrument] would be like missing a tooth or a limb. It would be like spending two span with my mouth sewn shut. It was unthinkable."