Two days' hunger made a fine sauce for anything.

Still waters run deep. All things change until we wake. Dreams drift in the wind.

A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy.

The Empress will follow where you go," she said. "So she will," Mat said. "As I'll follow where she goes, I suppose. I hope that doesn't lead us in too many circles.

Kneel and swear to the Lord Dragon, or you will be knelt.

I'm not certain that I draw from any one culture more than others. Many myths and legends of many different cultures are really the same story when you get to the heart of it. They are often cultural cautionary tales about how we should behave and how we should live.

Why, that's like being told to go up in the hills to find lions, only you do not know whether there are any lions, but if there are, they may be hunting you, and they may be disguised as bushes. Oh, and if you find any lions, try not to let them eat you before you can tell where they are. -Elayne