“Gylfie looked at Soren gravely. "That is why we must learn how to fly before the next newing."
"But I won't be ready. I won't have enough feathers," Soren said.
"Almost, though."
"Almost? There's a difference, Gylfie, between almost and enough."”

—  Kathryn Lasky

"Yes. The difference is belief, Soren. Belief."
Source: The Capture (2003), Chapter Nineteen: "To Believe", p. 139

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