Tuon’s eyes snapped open, and despite the dim light, she focused directly on Mat. She saw the knife in his hand, ready to throw. Then she looked over her shoulder.
If you have a sword, and the Aielman has his bare hands, it is an even fight. If you’re good.
Mat had tried to make her say she saw a hat floating around Mat’s head. That would persuade Tuon to stop trying to get rid of his, would it not?
Moiraine: It seems Ryne was wrong as well as a Darkfriend. You were better than he. Lan: He was better. But he thought I was finished, with only one arm. He never understood. You surrender after you’re dead.
Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.
The leaf lives its appointed time, and does not struggle against the wind that carries it away. The leaf does no harm, and finally falls to nourish new leaves. So it should be with all men and women.
Kill a man who needs killing, and sometimes others pay for it. The question is, was it worth doing it anyway? There’s always a balance, you know. Good and evil. Light and Shadow. We would not be human if there wasn’t a balance.
Any day you wake up, maybe you die.
How long had he been doing what was necessary instead of what was right? In a fair world they would be one and the same.
An open sack hides nothing, And an open door hides little, but an open man is surely hiding something. lini is quoted by Nynaeve.
Never think I have abandoned you. When the sun shines on you, it is my smile. When you hear the breeze stir through the apple blossoms, it is my whisper that I love you. My love is yours forever.
The Wheel of Time and the wheel of a man’s life turn alike without pity or mercy.
When a woman says she will obey you, of her own will, it is time to sleep lightly and watch your back.
The pike does not ask the frog’s permission before dining.
If it hurts too much, make it hurt someone else instead.
If you try putting a woman on a horse when she does not want to go, she may put a knife in your ribs.
The only man completely at peace is a man without a navel.
What woman could I hate enough to marry her to the Dragon Reborn?
In the Borderlands, sheepherder, if a man has the raising of a child, that child is his, and none can say different.
My mother always told me the best way to learn to deal with a man was to learn to ride a mule. She said they have about equal brains most of the time. Sometimes the mule is smarter.