“Are you scared of going in to see the raghnaid [the council]?” asked a gray female pup. “Are you cag mag [crazy]? If a bear was his Milk Giver, you think he’s scared of the raghnaid?”
“Approach what you find repulsive, help the ones you think you cannot help, and go places that scare you. ”
“I'm crazy about you, Archangel. You scare the shit out of me at times, but I want to dance with you anyway.”
“It's crazy what you can talk yourself out of when you're scared and into when you're not.”
“Peter smiles at me, shaking his head. Behind the smile I can see he’s scared as I am. Blood drips onto his lips. “You never did listen to my orders,” he said.I smiled back. “Aren’t you glad you’ll have company?”
“When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride, he shouts to scare the monster who will often turn aside,but the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail, for the female of the species is more deadly than the male.”