although they are often ready to play the buffoon to amuse you, such conduct is the prerogative of the truly wise. - T. H. White

"It was at the outskirts of the world that the Old Things accumulated, like driftwood round the edges of the sea. ("The Troll")"

Neither force, nor argument, nor opinion,” said Merlyn with the deepest sincerity, “are thinking. Argument is only a display of mental force, a sort of fencing with points in order to gain a victory, not for truth. Opinions are the blind alleys of lazy or of stupid men, who are unable to think.

Now, in their love, which was stronger, there were the seeds of hatred and fear and confusion growing at the same time: for love can exist with hatred, each preying on the other, and this is what gives it its greatest fury.