“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?”
“Tuon's eyes snapped open, and despite the dim light, she focused directly on Mat. She saw the knife in his hand, ready to throw.Then she looked over her shoulder.”
“This is Mat's secret weapon, his passport, his get-out-of-jail-free card: Mat makes things that are beautiful.”
“Pam wasn't what Gloria would have called a friend, just someone she had known for so long that she had given up trying to get rid of her.”
“Has anyone ever told you that you should wear a hat? It would fit the missing eye quite well.'-Kathana to Mat”
“She had got rid of his black bedsheets, the beer mats, secretly culled his underpants and there were fewer of his famous 'Summer Roasts', but even so, she was reaching the limits of how much it's possible to change a man.”