The Protector of the Small
“I had the magic, don’t you see, and the hand of the Goddess on me. Everyone could and did say I was a freak, one of those once-a-century people. No one else needs to strive for what I did, because they couldn’t reach it. But you, bless you, you are real.”
Alanna the Lioness to Keladry of Mindelan — Tamara Pierce, Squire.
So many reads and rereads later, and this moment still leaves me choked up. This handlettered quote from the end of Squire speaks to me of passion, ambition, and strength. It’s the end of one journey and the beginning of another, and a reminder that we never stop growing.
“I had the magic, don’t you see, and the hand of the Goddess on me. Everyone could and did say I was a freak, one of those once-a-century people. No one else needs to strive for what I did, because they couldn’t reach it. But you, bless you, you are real.”
Alanna the Lioness to Keladry of Mindelan — Tamara Pierce, Squire.
So many reads and rereads later, and this moment still leaves me choked up. This handlettered quote from the end of Squire speaks to me of passion, ambition, and strength. It’s the end of one journey and the beginning of another, and a reminder that we never stop growing.
“I had the magic, don’t you see, and the hand of the Goddess on me. Everyone could and did say I was a freak, one of those once-a-century people. No one else needs to strive for what I did, because they couldn’t reach it. But you, bless you, you are real.”
Alanna the Lioness to Keladry of Mindelan — Tamara Pierce, Squire.
So many reads and rereads later, and this moment still leaves me choked up. This handlettered quote from the end of Squire speaks to me of passion, ambition, and strength. It’s the end of one journey and the beginning of another, and a reminder that we never stop growing.