- and you are truly human now. You can love, and fear, and forbid things to be what they are, and overact. - Peter S. Beagle

That’s the true test of a town, or of a king. A lord who cheats an ugly old witch will cheat his own folk by and by. Stop him while you can, before you grow used to him.

"The magician was studying her face with his green eyes. "Your face is wet," he said worriedly. "I hope that's spray. If you've become human enough to cry, then no magic in the world — oh, it must be spray. Come with me. It had better be spray.

She touched you twice,' he said in a little while. 'The first touch was to bring you to life again, but the second was for you.