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"Sir, I am no petty noble," the baron answered with great stiffness. "My descent is as lofty as any in your realm. An ancestor of mine, by the name of [[The Bible|Noah]], was once admiral of the combined fleets of my planet." }}
* In ''[[War of the Dreaming]]'', the dream-colt tells Galen that she cannot carry him beyond the borders of Tirion. She can, however, carry him ''back''.
* Michael Scott Rohan's ''The Singer and the Sea'' has an interesting twist: Gille sings a song about his adventures. This is accepted by everyone as such a marvelously entertaining [[Tall Tale]] that nobody any longer wants to ask what '''really''' happened. '''Almost''' nobody; his friend Olvar is perceptive enough to privately ask him, "There was some truth in that, wasn't there?"
{{quote|"No," answered Gille.
Olvar squinted, thinking with an almost visible effort. "No? But I... No. You said just, no -- meaning no, there isn't ''some'' truth... Powers alive, man -- you're not trying to tell me it was ''all'' true, are you? Literally true?"}}
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