Quotes from Andre Norton

The quotes tweeted from @sueannbowling this week were all (except the last) from Horn Crown, by Andre Norton.

“Men must have such heroes.” The next words are “even though they look about them and see only lesser men, mean and petty things. Yet if they can be led to believe that once there was greatness then many of them will seek it again.”

“It is the gift of the Bard to tie the past to us, to give us hope.” Elron musing in the wilderness.

“Each Power must have its light side and its dark.” Elron remembering Gathea’s words as he faces the dark aspects of those he has come to serve.

“There is always fertile ground, waiting for the right seed.” Kurnous explaining why the Gates have been opened.

“Freedom of choice must remain.” Kurnous’ words to his dark counterparts, pointing out that true freedom of choice can only come with knowledge of what is being chosen.

“If there were no dark, how could the light be judged and desired?” Kurnous, pointing out why no land is all light without dark.

“Follow your hunches.” Sue Ann Bowling, Homecoming. Something Derick had said earlier to Roi, pointing out that hunches, for him, were an untrained from of conditional precognition.

Quotes from Andre Norton

These are the quotes tweeted from @sueannbowling over the past week. The first four are from Horn Crown, by Andre Norton; the next two are from The Crystal Gryphon, also by Andre Norton.

“Go in peace, though that is not what you will find, for it does not lie within you.” The dryad speaking to Elron.

“All things must balance in any world.” Gathea, trying to explain the Horn-Crowned One to Elron.

“We must fight fear lest we vanish into nothingness.” Elron, facing dark evil.

“You cannot compress years of learning into a few words here and now.” Gathea is saying that she cannot teach Elron what he needs to know, but it strikes me that our politicians try to do it all the time.

“Knowledge is what every man should seek, and knowledge of himself most of all.” Riwal, the Wise Man, speaking to Kerovan when Kerovan seeks him out as a child.

“They are afraid of that which they cannot touch, see, taste, hear or otherwise clearly perceive.” Abbess Malwinna, speaking of her occasional ability to foresee the future.

“Had the near-breakdown of society gone hand in hand with the elimination of pets?” Bowling, “Death of a Dog.” The protagonist is a retired scientist who believed — and published — that dogs helpd humanity evolve.

Quotes from Andre Norton

These are the contexts of the lines that have been quoted for the past week from @sueannbowling.

“Prudence is sometimes a weapon when other fail.” Andre Norton, The Jargoon Pard. Kethan, forcing himself to stay hidden after his shape-change.

“The answer lay within my mind.” Andre Norton, The Jargoon Pard. Kethan is beginning to realize that the key to the change between pard and man lies within himself.

“It is how you use it or abuse it that counts.” Andre Norton, Horn Crown. Quaine suspects that Elron has second sight and is warning him that it may be dangerous in this land.

“Each man walks the road that is appointed to him.” Andre Norton, Horn Crown. The Wise Woman, speaking to Elron as he prepares to leave.

“Go your own way, as all men do.” Andre Norton, Horn Crown. The Wise woman is making it clear that she doesn’t think much of the male sex.

“All things are possible when a seed is well planted.” Andre Norton, Horn Crown. The dryad speaking to Elron.

“If I eat it myself I know exactly where it will go.” Sue Ann Bowling, Tourist Trap. Kyrie, who is worried about her figure, mindspeaking to Roi

Since it’s the fourth of July today, you might want to look at an earlier post of mine on the history of fireworks. I’ve just updated it with some pictures.