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21 " Just promise us—for this evening—that you won’t try to sacrifice yourself to your stubborn idea of justice to a Norman king. No sacrifices till you’ve had at least one good night’s sleep, and something to eat. "
― Robin McKinley , The Outlaws of Sherwood
22 " He ran till he was blind with running, till he thought he had lived his entire life running, one foot pounding down in front of the other endlessly, till his bones were on fire with it, and every time either foot struck the ground his whole body cried out against the jolt. He set his teeth and ran on. "
23 " A crying child’s voice will carry half across England. Is there still no news? "
24 " Let us not gallop to meet future difficulties,” said Robin. “A walking pace is enough. "
25 " For I have been often wrong, and whilst the training of the Church has taught me to admit it, somehow I have never learnt not to be wrong in the first place. "
26 " And we might have been less bullying out-of-doors if he had been less bullying indoors. "