"You're worried, aren't you?" he said. "Again, you have chosen a word not large enough to cover more than the barest fraction of the situation." - Matt Hughes

"I am not one to deny the broadening effects of distant lands," offered Nofreg, "yet I have often said that the chief benefit of travel is to allow the returned sojourner a renewed appreciation of his native milieu."

"We all use the world, and are used by it," he said, after a moment. "Some of us are more aware than others of using and being used. It is our fortune to have fewer illusions."

The commerciants of Olkney were renowned for their egalitarian spirit, judging rich and poor alike solely by the weight of their purses.