Amber

“The Mathom-house it was called; for anything that Hobbits had no immediate use for, but were unwilling to throw away, they called a mathom. Their dwellings were apt to become rather crowded with mathoms, and many of the presents that passed from hand to hand were of that sort.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“Gauvin reprit :
-Et la femme? qu'en faites-vous?
Cimourdain répondit:
-Ce qu'elle est. La servante de l'homme.
-Oui. À une condition.
-Laquelle?
-C'est que l'homme sera le serviteur de la femme.
-Y penses-tu? s'écria Cimourdain, l'homme serviteur! Jamais. L'homme est maître . Je n'admet qu'une royauté, celle du foyer. L'homme chez lui est roi.
-Oui. À une condition.
-Laquelle?
-C'est que la femme y sera reine.”
― Victor Hugo, Ninety-Three

“On Caladan, we ruled with sea and air power," the Duke said. "Here, we must scrabble for desert power. This is your inheritance, Paul.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“Should I run so far that I reach the sea, I should not have run far enough, for the thing I run from rides on my back and in my blood and will not be shaken.”
― Intisar Khanani, Thorn