Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.

What is too absurd to be believed is believed because it is too absurd to be a lie.

Remember that any meal can be your last. You chose to travel with us, so tonight you will eat fish. Tomorrow, you may die.

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

Does it make you brave to stick your hand in a bear's mouth? Would you do it again just because you didn't die?

Mat had tried to make her say she saw a hat floating around Mat's head. That would persuade Tuon to stop trying to get rid of his, would it not?

He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that.