"The great love is gone. There are still little loves - friend to friend, brother to sister, student to teacher. Will you deny yourself comfort at the hearthfire of a cottage because you may no longer sit by the fireplace of a palace? Will you deny yourself to those who reach out to you in hopes of warming themselves at your hearthfire?"
— Mercedes Lackey (Magic's Pawn)
one of my favourite quotes from a fiction book ever. been stuck in my head for awhile.
