“Some doors are best left closed.”

“Can our morrows be foretold?Your Grace might ask instead should our morrows be foretold? And to that I should answer no. Some doors are best left closed.See that you close mine as you leave.”

“When you find yourself in bed with an ugly woman, the best thing to do is close your eyes and get on with it”

“What grasses the horses had left was heavy with dew, as if some passing god had scattered a bag of diamonds over the earth.”

“Never knew Bannen could smell so good.' Edd's tone was morose as ever.'I had half a mind to carve a slice off him. If we had some applesauce, I might have done it. Pork's always best with applesauce, I find.' ... 'You best not die, Sam, or I fear I might succumb. There's bound to be more crackling on you than Bannen ever had,and I never could resist a bit of crackling.”

“A weirwood will live forever if left undisturbed.”

“The best calumnies are spiced with truth.”