"Sir," said the Mouse, "I can eat and sleep and die for my King without one. But a tail is the honor and glory of a Mouse."
"I have sometimes wondered, friend," said Aslan, "whether you do not think too much about your honor."
. . .
"You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve," said Aslan. "And that is both honor enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on Earth. Be content." - C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian
Two quotes from the final chapter that resonated with me when I read them with my granddaughter the other night.
I suppose I often get too caught up in what is past, and somehow manage to simultaneously be too full of myself. Those two things shouldn't even both be possible for me.
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