“Perhaps is sometimes all one can ask for.” Andre Norton, Lore of the Witch World, “Changeling.” Trystan. Even a ghost of hope may sometimes be better than nothing.

“Your ways are not ours, and under our skies remember that.” Andre Norton, The Gate of the Cat. Ethetur to the Witch Wittle when she tried to behave in Escore as she would have in Estcarp

“What she could learn, that she would.” Andre Norton, The Gate of the Cat. Kelsie, trying to come to terms with Escore.

“It would seem that here were balances.” Andre Norton, The Gate of the Cat. Kelsie, finding herself facing something that seems the obverse of the winged being that helped her earlier.

“Had she come to depend too much on that because so far it had not failed her?” Andre Norton, The Gate of the Cat. Kelsie has come to depend on the witch-jewel she does not understand.

“To everything there was a limit.” Andre Norton, The Gate of the Cat. Kelsie wondering if she and Yonan could go any further.

“Injured birds are usually best left to themselves.” Bowling, “Horse Power.” Amber is trying to get her ten- and eleven-year old children to quit bringing injured birds into the house as pets.