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?

May you shelter in the palm of the Creator's hand, and may the last embrace of the mother welcome you home.

A beautiful battle is one you don't have to fight

Take what you want, and pay for it.

I think that quite often you can only find a choice between bad and worse. But I think it's worth making the effort, and I like to expose my characters to that sort of situation.

Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. -- Mat Cauthon

hope is like a piece of string when you’re drowning; it just isn’t enough to get you out by itself.