“The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.”

“Thus is our treaty written; thus is agreement made. Thought is the arrow of time; memory never fades. What was asked is given; the price is paid.”

“Take what you want, and pay for it.”

“I've come to give you your gift back, Mordeth," Cauthon whispered. "I consider our debt paid in full.”

“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.”

“A young wolfhound must meet his first wolf someday, but if the wolf sees him as a puppy, if he acts the puppy, the wolf will surely kill him. The wolfhound must be a wolfhound in the wolf's eyes even more than in his own, if he is to survive.”

“If you don't know everything, you must go on with what you do know.”