13 Quotes by Sylvia Engdahl

I know little of magic, Lady,' he said haltingly. 'I am but a woodcutter's son, and there is much that is not given to men to understand; but of this I am sure: there is more to things than we imagine. Beyond the stars are worlds without number, perhaps, and had I never sought to look beyond my own I should be the poorer for it.

It's like parents choosing to raise their own standard of living rather than to provide for the future of their kids. You wouldn't consider that very admirable would you?

The human mind is incredible. It can do nothing without belief, yet practically anything with it. – Elana’s father.

What is it, I wonder, that makes two people suddenly become important to each other? So important that everything else around them just fades away?

I know little of magic, Lady,′ he said haltingly. ‘I am but a woodcutter’s son, and there is much that is not given to men to understand; but of this I am sure: there is more to things than we imagine. Beyond the stars are worlds without number, perhaps, and had I never sought to look beyond my own I should be the poorer for it.

Must a man then live as his fellows live, and never reach beyond?

People who love each other can no more keep from communicating than from breathing. – Elana.

It’s not enough just to learn what there ISN’T; we need to know what there IS.

But a light now waxed within him at the knowledge that such wonders as he had been shown could exist.