It is not given to us to know what difference we can make, and perhaps we can make no difference at all. But that is no reason not to make the attempt," said Saliman quietly. "The Light shines more brightly in the darkness.

Speak to me, fair maid!
Speak and do not go!
What sorrows have your eyes inlaid
With such black woe?

My dam is buried deep
Dark are my father's halls
And carrion fowl and wolves now keep
Their ruined walls

From: The Lay of Andomian and Beruldh

The taste on her palate was pungent and rich, the flavor of woodlands and dark earth simmered in sunshine.

It is only the darkness in our own hearts that will defeat us, in the end.

There is no shame in not knowing something. The shame is in not being willing to learn.

While the heart beats, hope lingers.