I think it's fair rude to make him a tree and not know what kind he is.

I will tell the stork-man.

What has that to do with the price of peas in Persopolis?

You haven't been bit till a dragon does it.

You must tell Lady Alanna that sometime. I'd do it from a distance.

Sarra looked at her daughter and said reproachfully, "Speaking of war, I never raised you to be always fighting and killing. That's not woman's work."
"It's needful, Ma. You taught me a woman has to know how to defend herself."
"I never!" gasped Sarra, indignant.
"You taught me when you were murdered in your own house," Daine said quietly.