Foreshadowing Things to Come

Two from Heroes of the Valley:

What is a gathering without unseemly drunkenness?

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"But I do get afraid. It's just that fear makes me sort of . . . angry and resentful, and I bite back at it. It's hard to describe."

"It isn't hard to describe, you idiot," Aud said. "It's called courage."

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Two from Here Lies Arthur:

But boys will be boys, even the ones who are only girls dressed up: That's one of the rules of the world.

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In the old days, I'd never given a thought to the future, and not much to the past. I'd lived simply in the now. I'd been happy if I had enough to eat, and nobody was hitting me. I'd been miserable when I was cold and frightened when I was ill, but mostly I gave no more thought than an animal did to what might happen tomorrow, or next week. Just an animal walking about on two legs, that's all I was till Myrddin changed me. It seemd to me sometimes I'd been happier that way.