I am Rand al’Thor!” he called, so his voice rang through the chamber. “I am the Dragon Reborn!
I think the woman was born in Far Madding in a thunderstorm. She probably told the thunder to be quiet. It probably did.
And the quickest to harm a stranger are the soonest to think a stranger will harm them.
Great captains earned their reputation not just for laying brilliant plans, but for still being able to find victory after those plans began to fall apart.
When the Wolf King carries the hammer, thus are the final days known. When the fox marries the raven, and the trumpets of battle are blown.
People did not respond to anger. They did not respond to demands. Silence and questions, these were far more effective.
Well, if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
The newest pups always blame the elders of the pack.
Only a fool thinks a lion or a woman can truly be tamed.
The Wheel has turned, for better or worse. And it will keep on turning, as lights die and forests dim, storms call and skies break. Turn it will. The Wheel is not hope, and the Wheel does not care, the Wheel simply is. But so long as it turns, folk may hope, folk may care. For with light that fades, another will eventually grow, and each storm that rages must eventually die. As long as the Wheel turns. As.
Lan said the time to sound most sure was when you were least certain.
When you ask questions, Lini used to say, then you have to hear the answers whether you want to or not.
Take what you want, and pay for it, the old saying went.
To believe a thing is not to make it true.
The trick is not to satisfy everyone, but to leave everyone feeling they reached the best possible result.
No man can walk so long in the Shadow that he cannot come again to the Light.
The only people I ever met who were sensible all the time were so boring that watching them could put you to sleep.
A woman would do a thing until you were sure she always would, then do something else just to fuddle you.
A pattern that is all one color is no pattern.
Beware the fox that makes the ravens fly.