If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.
Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.
Til shade is gone, til water is gone Into the shadow with teeth bared Screaming defiance with the last breath To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day.
The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.
Time to toss the dice.
The wheel weaves as the wheel wills.
We rode on the winds of the rising storm, We ran to the sounds of the thunder. We danced among the lightning bolts, and tore the world asunder.
Death is lighter than a feather, but Duty is heavier than a mountain.
Women often seemed to leave things unsaid, and in his limited experience it was what they did not say that proved the most trouble.
The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.
But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.
In a cruel land, you either learned to laugh at cruelty or spent your life weeping.
Dance with her, and she will forgive much. Dance well, and she will forgive anything.
He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that.
Bloody flaming ashes.
I’m a gambler, a farmboy, and I’m here to take command of your bloody army! – Mat Cauthon.
Relax, lad. Take life as it comes. Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.
I don’t know. They could put up a warning sign or something. Hello. Welcome to Hindstrap. We will murder you in the night and eat your bloody face if you stay past sunset. Try the pies. Martna Maily makes them fresh daily.
Sandar came to stand beside him, frowning down at the crumpled High Lord. “He does not look so mighty lying there,” he said wonderingly. “He does not look so much greater than me.
May Your Swords Stay Sharp!” – Lan Pendragon.