“We learn words by rote, but not their meaning; that must be paid for with our life-blood, and printed in the subtle fibres of our nerves.”
Source: The Lifted Veil
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Source: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book V : The High King (1968), Chapter 3 (Taran)
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