“Melenkurion abatha! Binas mill Bana Nihoram khabaal! Melenkurion abatha! Abatha Nimoram!”

“Are you a storyteller, Thomas Covenant?"Absently he replied, "I was, once.""And you gave it up? Ah, that is as sad a tale in three words as any you might have told me. But a life without a tale is like a sea without salt. How do you live?"... Unconsciously, he clenched his fist over his ring. "I live.""Another?" Foamfollower returned. "In two words, a story sadder than the first. Say no more -- with one word you will make me weep.”

“He who waits for the sword to fall upon his neck will surely lose his head.”

“Any belief that puts itself beyond doubt nurtures its own collapse.”

“We didn't make the world. All we have to do is live in it.”

“Where do you get dreams like this?”

“Oh, I have dreams, you fool. I have dreams. I dream of blood.”