Lioness Rampant

Either I've turned stupid, or life's turned hard.

You turned into a hero when I wasn't watching.

You know something? There are sandstorms that strip man and horse and bury them — I've seen them. I saw bones piled higher than my head for the folly of a bad king and those who wanted his throne. I lived through a blizzard that froze every other living creature solid. Against those things, you're only a man. I can deal with you.

Faithful: When will you learn to leave well enough alone? Alanna sighed. "When I want to stop learning, I guess.

Horses are calmer people. They also don't throw things at cats.

There are times in every rider's life when it is necessary to apologize to a horse....

I wouldn't call it tamed, laddy-me-love. The lady of Pirate's Swoop shouldn't be tame.

He knows about things like betrayal, and being afraid, and the looks on people's faces when they know you did something they thought impossible