“There was a saying of the peasants—the rat cannot call the cat to account. But it was also true that if the moon moves but slowly, still it crosses the city.”

— Andre Norton

Source: Dragon Magic (1972), Chapter 3, “Sirrush-Lau” (p. 78)

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American writer of science fiction and fantasy 1912–2005

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