# Source of Magic  Author:: Piers Anthony ## Highlights > He proceeded to the edge of the orchard where a stray shoe-tree had rooted. Shoes liked to move about, and often planted themselves in out-of-the-way places. This one had several ripe shoes. Bink inspected individual ones without plucking them, until he was sure he had found a pair that fit him. ([Location 51](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000FBFOGO&location=51)) > wild-oats nymph ([Location 329](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000FBFOGO&location=329)) > It prevented him from being harmed by magic—but anyone who knew this could then harm him by mundane means. So Bink’s talent shrouded itself in seeming coincidence. ([Location 344](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000FBFOGO&location=344)) > “You told me she was a threat to me.” “And she was,” Crombie said. “She married you, didn’t she?” ([Location 400](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000FBFOGO&location=400)) > Crombie pointed out a soda tree growing in a patch of sugar sand. Chester took a sharp stone and poked a spigot-hole in the tree’s trunk so that they all could drink from the spouting soda. It looked like blood, a shock at first; but it was actually strawberry-flavored. ([Location 994](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000FBFOGO&location=994)) --- Title: Source of Magic Author: Piers Anthony Tags: readwise, books date: 2024-01-30 --- # Source of Magic  Author:: Piers Anthony ## AI-Generated Summary None ## Highlights > He proceeded to the edge of the orchard where a stray shoe-tree had rooted. Shoes liked to move about, and often planted themselves in out-of-the-way places. This one had several ripe shoes. Bink inspected individual ones without plucking them, until he was sure he had found a pair that fit him. ([Location 51](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000FBFOGO&location=51)) > wild-oats nymph ([Location 329](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000FBFOGO&location=329)) > It prevented him from being harmed by magic—but anyone who knew this could then harm him by mundane means. So Bink’s talent shrouded itself in seeming coincidence. ([Location 344](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000FBFOGO&location=344)) > “You told me she was a threat to me.” “And she was,” Crombie said. “She married you, didn’t she?” ([Location 400](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000FBFOGO&location=400)) > Crombie pointed out a soda tree growing in a patch of sugar sand. Chester took a sharp stone and poked a spigot-hole in the tree’s trunk so that they all could drink from the spouting soda. It looked like blood, a shock at first; but it was actually strawberry-flavored. ([Location 994](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000FBFOGO&location=994))