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Why, That's Like Being Told To Go Up In The Hills To Find Lions, Only You Do Not Know Whether There Are Any Lions, But If There Are, They May Be Hunting You, And They May Be Disguised As Bushes. Oh, And If You Find Any Lions, Try Not To Let Them Eat You Before You Can Tell Where They Are. -elayne

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Why, That's Like Being Told To Go Up In The Hills To Find Lions, Only You Do Not Know Whether There Are Any Lions, But If There Are, They May Be Hunting You, And They May Be Disguised As Bushes. Oh, And If You Find Any Lions, Try Not To Let Them Eat You Before You Can Tell Where They Are. -elayne

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Keep Your Mind Out Of The Pigsty, Man!

Does It Make You Brave To Stick Your Hand In A Bear's Mouth? Would You Do It Again Just Because You Didn't Die?

As He Did So, A Wind Rose Up Around Him, Around The Man Who Had Been Called Lord, Dragon Reborn, King, Killer, Lover And Friend.

The Wheel Weaves As The Wheel Wills, Perrin. We've Become What We Needed To Become."- Rand Al'thor

A Weeping Woman Is A Bucket With No Bottom.

The End Is Near," Moridin Said. "the Wheel Has Groaned Its Final Rotation, The Clock Has Lost Its Spring, The Serpent Heaves Its Final Gasps.

Always Plan For The Worst, Child; That Way, All Your Surprises Will Be Pleasant Ones.

Take What You Want, And Pay For It.

A Jealous Wife Is Like A Hornets' Nest In Your Mattress

I May Be A Fool, But I Intend To Be A Live Fool.

The Yellowfly Is Almost Too Small To See, But If You Leave Its Egg In Your Skin, You Will Lose An Arm Or Leg Before It Hatches - If It Does Not Kill You.

When The Honey's Out Of The Comb, There's No Putting It Back.

If You Wish, You May Call Me Rand Sedai.

I Always Get What I Want In The End. And I Think I Want...ornamental Ironwork. For The Windows Of My Bedchamber.

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.

Women Do Not Become Exhausted They Only Exhaust Others.

Women Often Seemed To Leave Things Unsaid, And In His Limited Experience It Was What They Did Not Say That Proved The Most Trouble.

For The Young, Death Is An Enemy They Wish To Try Their Strength Against. For Those Of Us A Little Older, She Is An Old Friend, An Old Lover, But One We Are Not Eager To Meet Again Soon.

In Shinear, A Woman [is] Safe Anywhere, Any Time-except From Trollocs And Myrddraal, Of Course-and Any Man [will] Die To See It So.

There Are No Clear Paths. Only Pitfalls And Tripwires And Darkness.

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?

Cheer The Bull, Or Cheer The Bear; Cheer Both, And You Will Be Trampled And Eaten.

Violence Harms The One Who Does It As Much As The One Who Receives It. You Could Cut Down A Tree With An Axe. The Axe Does Violence To The Tree, And Escapes Unharmed. Is That How You See It? Wood Is Soft Compared To Steel, But The Sharp Steel Is Dulled As It Chops, And The Sap Of The Tree Will Rust And Pit It. The Mighty Axe Does Violence To The Helpless Tree, And Is Harmed By It. So It Is With Men, Though The Harm Is In The Spirit.

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.

The Nobles And The Noble Houses Maneuver For Advantage. They Do Things They Think Will Help Them, Or Hurt And Enemy, Or Both. Usually, It's All Done In Secrecy, Or If Not, They Try To Make It Seem As If They're Doing Something Other Than What They Are.

The Wheel Of Time Turns, And Ages Come And Pass, Leaving Memories That Become Legend. Legend Fades To Myth, And Even Myth Is Long Forgotten When The Age That Gave It Birth Comes Again.

A Myrddraal Has Less Cunning Than A Woman, And A Trolloc Fights With More Honor. And A Goat Has More Sense.

The Black Tower Stands With The Lion Of Andor." -logain

Maybe There Would Be A Tinker City Someday, Too. They Would Buy Up All Of The Colored Dye, And Everyone Else In The World Would Ave To Wear Brown.' -mat

In A Cruel Land, You Either Learned To Laugh At Cruelty Or Spent Your Life Weeping.

Men Always Believe They Are In Control Of Everything Around Them. When They Find Out They Are Not, They Think They Have Failed, Instead Of Learning A Simple Truth Women Already Know.

I Had Long Wondered," Lan Said To Tam. "about The Man Who Had Given Rand That Heron-marked Blade. I Wondered If He Had Truly Earned It. Now I Know." Lan Raised His Own Sword In Salute.

There Are Things Worth Fighting For.

Soldiers At War

Men Always Seem To Refuse To Admit They Are Sick Until They're Sick Enough To Make Twice As Much Work For Women. Then They Claim They're Well Too Soon, With The Same Result.

Remember That Any Meal Can Be Your Last. You Chose To Travel With Us, So Tonight You Will Eat Fish. Tomorrow, You May Die.

There Was A Wild Light In His Eyes. "bring Your Lightnings, Aes Sedai. I Will Dance With Them.

Prophecy Is Most Dangerous When You Try To Make It Happen... The Pattern Weaves Itself Around You, But When You Try To Weave It, Even You Cannot Hold It.

A Slow Horse Does Not Always Reach The End Of The Journey.

Often You Don't Know Whether A Woman Is Friend, Enemy Or Lover Until It Is Too Late. Sometimes, She Is All Three.

Yes, I'm Alive," Mat Said. "i'm Usually Pretty Good At Staying Alive. I've Only Failed One Time That I Can Remember, And It Hardly Counts.

You Will Serve The Cyrstal Throne Well. It Would Be A Shame To See You Assassinated Too Early. I Will Make Certain That The First I Send After You Are Newly Trained, So That You May Stop Them With Ease." -general Galgan To Mat

The Fact That The Price Must Be Paid Is Proof It Is Worth Paying.

A Fool Puts Her Hand Into A Hollow Tree Without Finding Out What's Inside First.

A Cat For A Hat, Or A Hat For A Cat. But Nothing For Nothing.

A Woman's Eyes Cut Deeper Than A Knife.

By The Way, I Saved Moiraine. Chew On That As You Try To Decide Which Of The Two Of Us Is Winning." -mat

Better To Face The Bear Than Run From It.

If You Can't Hide What You Are Going To Do, Do It So Everybody Thinks You Are A Fool.

The Lions Sing And The Hills Take Flight. The Moon By Day, And The Sun By Night. Blind Woman, Deaf Man, Jackdaw Fool. Let The Lord Of Chaos Rule.

An Open Sack Hides Nothing, And An Open Door Hides Little, But An Open Man Is Surely Hiding Something. Lini Is Quoted By Nynaeve.

Hiding Something

The Pike Does Not Ask The Frog's Permission Before Dining.

Whatever Can Be Done, Can Be Undone.

The Wheel Weaves As The Wheel Wills

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.

You Have To Understand, Child. Everyone Wants Someone In Their Life, Someone Who Cares For Them, Someone They Can Care For. Even A Queen.

There's No Time For Winking At The Men When You're Busy Bailing The Boat.

Taking Responsibility Takes All The Joy Out Of Life, And Drains A Man To Dust.

It Was Easier To Be Brave When Someone Needed Your Protection.

The Arrogance Of Men Never Ceases To Amaze Me. You All Think Everything Has To Do With You, And Every Woman Has To Desire You.

Hope Is Like A Piece Of String When You’re Drowning; It Just Isn’t Enough To Get You Out By Itself.

Some Said Delana Was Sucessful As A Mediator Because Both Sides Would Agree Just To Make Her Stop Staring At Them.

The Wheel Of A Man's Life. No Mercy. No Pity.

Sometimes Six And Six Make A Dozen, And Sometimes They Make A Mess

You're Welcome In My House When This Is Over. We'll Open A Cask Of Master Al'vere's Best Brandy. We'll Remember Those Who Fell, And We'll Tell Our Children How We Stood When The Clouds Turned Black And The World Started To Die. We'll Tell Them We Stood Shoulder To Shoulder, And There Was Just No Space For The Shadow To Squeeze Through.

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.

It Is The Enemy You Underestimate Who Kills You.

You Can Never Know Everything, And Part Of What You Know Is Always Wrong. A Portion Of Wisdom Lies In Knowing That. A Portion Of Courage Lies In Going On Anyway.

You Didn't Listen To Me," Lan Whispered. One Last Lesson. The Hardest. Demandred Struck, And Lan Saw His Opening. Lan Lunged Forward Placing Demandred's Sword Point Against His Own Side And Ramming Himself Forward Onto It. "i Did Not Come Here To Win," Lan Whispered, Smiling. "i Came Here To Kill You. Death Is Lighter Than A Feather." Demandred's Eyes Opened Wide, And He Tried To Pull Back. Too Late. Lan's Sword Took Him Straight Though The Throat.

Hardness Shatters; Strength Endures.

What Woman Could I Hate Enough To Marry Her To The Dragon Reborn?

Whether The Bear Beats The Wolf Or The Wolf Beats The Bear, The Rabbit Always Loses.

Reading Is Like Breathing. If You Take It Away, First I Become Antsy, Then Violent.

A Warder Once Told Me Trollocs Call The Aiel Waste 'the Dying Ground.' I Mean To Make Them Give That Name To The Two Rivers.

I Surrender To It, And By Surrendering, I Control It.

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.

A Secret Spoken Finds Wings.

It Has Been Quite A Weight, Hasn't It?" Tam Asked. "what Weight?" Rand Replied. "that Lost Hand You've Been Carrying." Rand Looked Down At His Stump. "yes. I Believe It Has Been At That.

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.

Do Not Trouble Trouble Till Trouble Troubles You.

The Only Way Was Forward, Whatever Lay At The End.

To Anger An Aes Sedai Is To Put Your Head In A Hornets' Nest.

Life Is A Dream From Which We All Must Wake Before We Can Dream Again.

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.

As The Wheel Of Time Turns, Places Wear Many Names. Men Wear Many Names, Many Faces. Different Faces, But Always The Same Man. Yet No One Knows The Great Pattern The Wheel Weaves, Or Even The Pattern Of An Age. We Can Only Watch, And Study, And Hope.

Different Faces

Even Fools Say Something Worthwhile Now And Again. Even A Blind Pig Finds An Acorn Sometimes.

The Empress Will Follow Where You Go," She Said. "so She Will," Mat Said. "as I'll Follow Where She Goes, I Suppose. I Hope That Doesn't Lead Us In Too Many Circles.

Out Of The Night Hopper Came, And Perrin Was One With The Wolf. Hopper, The Cub Who Had Watched The Eagles Soar, And Wanted So Badly To Fly Through The Sky As The Eagles Did. The Cub Who Hopped And Jumped And Leaped Until He Could Leap Higher Than Any Other Wolf, Who Never Lost The Cub's Yearning To Soar Through The Sky. [...] Something Crashed Into His Head, And As He Fell, He Did Not Know If It Was Hopper Or Himself Who Died.

But It Was An Ending.

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.

I Will Hate The Man You Choose Because He Is Not Me, And Love Him If He Makes You Smile. No Woman Deserves The Sure Knowledge Of Widow’s Black As Her Brideprice, You Least Of All.

If You Have A Sword, And The Aielman Has His Bare Hands, It Is An Even Fight. If You're Good.

Come To Think Of It, An Aes Sedai Would Probably Follow A Man Off A Cliff, Too, If Only To Explain To Him - In Detail - All The Things He Was Doing Incorrectly In The Way He Went About Killing Himself.

A Man Is A Man, On A Throne Or In A Pigsty.

A Young Wolfhound Must Meet His First Wolf Someday, But If The Wolf Sees Him As A Puppy, If He Acts The Puppy, The Wolf Will Surely Kill Him. The Wolfhound Must Be A Wolfhound In The Wolf's Eyes Even More Than In His Own, If He Is To Survive.

Better Ten Days Of Love Than Years Of Regretting.

If The World Is Ending, A Woman Will Want To Fix Her Hair. If The World's Ending, A Woman Will Take The Time To Tell A Man Something He's Done Wrong.

He Was Swimming In A Sea Of Other People’s Expectations. Men Had Drowned In Seas Like That.

Has Anyone Ever Told You That You Should Wear A Hat? It Would Fit The Missing Eye Quite Well.' -kathana To Mat

Duty Is Heavier Than A Mountain, Dai Shan.' That Time, Lan Did Flinch. How Long Had It Been Since Someone Had Been Able To Do That To Him With Mere Words? He Remembered Teaching That Same Concept To A Youth Out Of The Two Rivers. A Sheepherder, Innocent Of The World, Fearful Of The Fate Laid Out Before Him By The Pattern.

She Understood His Eyes, Colder Than Winter's Heart. A Man Who Knew He Was Dead And Couldn't Make Himself Care; You Are Spared That. Mashiara. His Lost Love.

You Break Your Neck, And I’ll See It Mended Just So I Can Break It Again.

If You Pursue Two Hares, Both Will Escape You.

Time To Toss The Dice

Still Waters Run Deep. All Things Change Until We Wake. Dreams Drift In The Wind.

A Flapping Tongue Has Killed More Men Than Sudden Storms Ever Did.

I Can't Understand Her" Well Son, You Might As Well Try To Understand The Sun". Derived Form The Book:fires Of Heaven By Robert Jordan.

Humankind Is Made For Uncertainty, Struggle, Choice And Change.

A Man Who Trusts Everyone Is A Fool And A Man Who Trusts No One Is A Fool. We Are All Fools If We Live Long Enough.

What I Love I Destroy. What I Destroy, I Love.

May You Shelter In The Palm Of The Creator's Hand, And May The Last Embrace Of The Mother Welcome You Home.

The Way Back Will Come But Once. Be Steadfast.

Even A Queen Stubs Her Toe, But A Wise Woman Watches The Path.

That Man,' Elayne Said, 'is Never Where He Needs To Be.' 'and Yet,' Perrin Said, 'he Always Arrives There Eventually.

Men," Thom Murmured. "men Who Shook The Pillars Of Heaven And Rocked The World On Its Foundations." He Shook His Head. "it Doesn't Matter. Forget About Them. They Are Dust Now.

Anyone Who Claimed That Old Age Had Brought Them Patience Was Either Lying Or Senile.

And His Paths Shall Be Many, And Who Shall Know His Name, For He Shall Be Beorn Among Us Many Times, In Many Guises, As He Has Been And Ever Will Be, Time Without End. His Coming Shall Be Like The Sharp Edge Of The Plow, Turning Our Lives In Furrows Form Out Of The Places Where We Lie In Our Silence. The Breaker Of Binds; The Forger Of Chains. The Maker Of Futures; The Unshaper Of Destiny. -from Commentaries On The Prophecies Of The Dragon, By Jurith Dorine, Right Hand To The Queen Of Almoren, 742 Ab, The Third Age

Only A Fool Thinks His Enemies Stand Still When He Isn't Looking, My Lord Dragon.

Sleep Well And Wake, Rand Al'thor.

Well, I Can Admire Stubbornness In A Man. There Is Little To A Man Who's Too Easily Biddable.

It Was Easier To Trip A Fool Than To Knock Him Down.

Jump In A Hole Without Looking, And There'll Be A Snake In It Every Time.

The Only Man Completely At Peace Is A Man Without A Navel.

To Fight The Raven You May Make Alliance With The Serpent Until The Battle Is Done.

The Corpse's Hand Reached Up And Grabbed Shaisam By The Throat. He Gasped, Thrashing, As The Corpse Opened Its Eye. "there's An Odd Thing About Disease I Once Heard, Fain," Matrim Cauthon Whispered. "once You Catch A Disease And Survive, You Can't Get It Again.

As My Lord Says, My Lord's Leg Is Not A Side Of Beef. Thank You, My Lord, For Instructing Me.

The Oak Fought The Wind And Was Broken, The Willow Bent When It Must And Survived.

Care For The Living. I'll Weep For The Dead Later. - Perrin Aybara

Waiting Turns Men Into Bears In A Barn, And Women Into Cats In A Sack.

Once You Catch A Disease And Survive, You Can't Get It Again.

Love Is An Odd Thing. As Odd A Thing As There Is.

I Have Never Known Anyone Else," Egwene Said To Him, "who Will Work So Hard To Avoid Hard Work, Matrim Cauthon.

Any Day You Wake Up, Maybe You Die.

A Gnarled Old Branch Dulls The Blade That Severs A Sapling.

I'll Never Forget The First Time Davram Took Me By The Scruff Of My Neck And Showed Me He Was The Stronger Of Us. It Was Magnificent! If A Woman Is Stronger Than Her Husband, She Comes To Despise Him. She Has The Choice Of Either Tyrannizing Him Or Else Making Herself Less In Order Not To Make Him Less. If The Husband Is Strong Enough, Though, She Can Be As Strong As She Is, As Strong As She Can Grow To Be.

If It Hurts Too Much, Make It Hurt Someone Else Instead.

Why Didn't You Guess This Would Happen?" Elayne Demanded. He Looked At Her, Expressionless. One Side Of His Mouth Twitched Up, Then He Pulled His Hat Down, Shading His Eyepatch. "light," Elayne Said. "you Knew. You Spent This Whole Week Planning With Us, And You Knew The Entire Time You'd Throw It Out With The Dishwater.

Never Prod At A Woman Unless You Must. She Will Kill You Faster Than A Man And For Less Reason, Even If She Weeps Over It After.

To Lead Is Neither To Push Or Pull.

It's Not Evil, Rand. I Know Something Evil When I Smell It. This Isn't Evil, It's Just Incredibly Stupid.

Kneel And Swear To The Lord Dragon, Or You Will Be Knelt.

Dovie'andi Se Tovya Sagain (it's Time To Roll The Dice) - Matrim Cauthon

If Any Of These Women Had Been Here Instead Of Nynaeve, The World Would Have Ended.

Why, That's Like Being Told To Go Up In The Hills To Find Lions, Only You Do Not Know Whether There Are Any Lions, But If There Are, They May Be Hunting You, And They May Be Disguised As Bushes. Oh, And If You Find Any Lions, Try Not To Let Them Eat You Before You Can Tell Where They Are. -elayne

Loial, Son Of Arent, Son Of Halen, Had Secretly Always Wanted To Be Hasty.

You Read Too Much And Understand Too Little.

Better To Have One Woman On Your Side Than Ten Men.

Clutch The Bramble And You Will Be Pricked.

Duty Is Heavy As A Mountain, Death Is Light As A Feather.

The Wheel Of Time And The Wheel Of A Man's Life Turn Alike Without Pity Or Mercy.

Young Men Can Be Impetuous, Young Men Can Be Rush, Young Men Can Be Fools, But The Car'a'carn Cannot Let Himself Be A Young Man.

You Must Surrender Before You Can Guide.

If You Try Putting A Woman On A Horse When She Does Not Want To Go, She May Put A Knife In Your Ribs.

Most Of Those We Call Heroes Only Did What They Had To Do.

A Man Falling Off A Cliff To Certain Death Will Stretch Out A Hand Even To His Worst Enemy.

A Spoonful Of Hope And A Cup Of Despair

You Are As Eloquent As Ever, Mat," Egwene Said Dryly. "do You Still Have Your Pet Fox?" "i Do," Mat Said. "he's Snuggled Up Nice And Warm.

There Were Many Good Years. Good Decades, Good Centuries. We Believed We Were Living In Paradise. Perhaps That Was Our Downfall. We Wanted Our Lives To Be Perfect, So We Ignored Imperfections. Problems Were Magnified Through Inattention And War Might Have Become Inevitable If The Bore Hadn't Ever Made.

Fantasy Is An Area Where It Is Possible To Talk About Right And Wrong, Good And Evil, With A Straight Face. In Mainstream Fiction And Even In A Good Deal Of Mystery, These Things Are Presented As Simply Two Sides Of The Same Coin. Never Really More Than A Matter Of Where You Happen To Be Standing.

Teach Him How You Will, A Pig Will Never Play The Flute.

The Wheel Of Time Turns, And Ages Come And Pass, Leaving Memories That Become Legend. Legend Fades To Myth, And Even Myth Is Long Forgotten When The Age That Gave It Birth Comes Again. In One Age, Called The Third Age By Some, An Age Yet To Come, An Age Long Past, A Wind Rose In The Mountains Of Mist. The Wind Was Not The Beginning. There Are Neither Beginnings Nor Endings To The Turning Of The Wheel Of Time. But It Was A Beginning.

She’s Not For You, Nor You For Her; At Least, Not In The Way You Both Want.

Before I Knew What Was Happening, I Had A Fistful Of Spears Around My Neck Like A Collar. I Could Have Shaved Myself With One Sneeze.

You Have Made A Place In My Heart Where I Thought There Was No Room For Anything Else. You Have Made Flowers Grow Where I Cultivated Dust And Stones. Remember This, On This Journey You Insist On Making. If You Die, I Will Not Survive You Long.

A Crafty Enemy Will Set A Weak Ambush You Are Meant To Break Through. Confident Because You Have Dealt With The Threat, Your Guard Relaxed, You Walk Into The Second, Stronger Ambush.

Run When You Have To, Fight When You Must, Rest When You Can.

There Is Some Delight In Ale And Wine And Some In Girls With Ankles Fine But My Delight, Yes Always Mine Is To Dance With Jak O’ The Shadows We Will Toss The Dice However They Fall And Snuggle The Girls Be They Short Or Tall Then Follow Lord Mat Whenever He Calls To Dance With Jak O’ The Shadows.

Schemes Within Schemes. The Great Serpent Is A Good Sign For You Aes Sedai, I Think. Someday You May Swallow Yourselves By Accident.

These?" Mat Said, Gesturing To His Coat And Shirt. "i Really Have No Idea. They Were Just Down There. I'm Completely Baffled." He Had Been Very Pleased To Learn That Seanchan Guards-for All Their Stoic Expressions And Too-straight Backs-responded To Bribes Like Other People.

The Only Way To Live Is To Die. I Must Die. I Deserve Only Death.

Men Forget, But Never Forgive; Women Forgive, But Never Forget.

Forgive And Forget

Stopping A Man From What He Wants To Do Is Like Taking A Sweet From A Child. Sometimes You Have To Do It, But Sometimes It Just Isn't Worth The Trouble.

The Amyrlin Seat Has Fallen," A Nearby Aes Sedai Cried Amid The Crystallized Sharans. "the Amyrlin Seat Has Fallen!

We All Make Our Limits, And We Set Them Further Out Than We Have Any Right.

A Man Who Will Not Die To Save A Woman Is No Man.

From The Time An Aiel Boy Becomes A Man He Will Not Sing Anything But Battle Chants, Or Their Dirge For The Slain. I Have Heard Them Singing Over Their Dead, And Over Those They Have Killed. That Song Is One To Make The Stones Weep.

In The Borderlands, Sheepherder, If A Man Has The Raising Of A Child, That Child Is His, And None Can Say Different.

Taren Ferry Folk Had A Reputation For Slyness And Trickery. If You Shook Hands With A Taren Ferry Man, People Said, You Counted Your Fingers Afterwards.

When There Are Fish Heads And Blood In The Water, You Don't Need To See The Silverpike To Know They Are There.

Never Gamble Without Knowing A Back Way Out.

Women," Mat Declared As He Rode Pips Down The Dusty, Little-used Road, "are Like Mules." He Frowned. "wait. No. Goats. Women Are Like Goats. Except Every Flaming One Thinks She's A Horse Instead, And A Prize Racing Mare To Boot. Do You Understand Me, Talmanes?" "pure Poetry, Mat," Talmanes Said, Tamping The Tabac Down Into His Pipe.

In Wars, Boy, Fools Kill Other Fools For Foolish Causes

No. Please Do Not Name Either Child After Me, Elayne. Let Them Live Their Own Lives. My Shadow Will Be Long Enough As It Is.' -rand

Facing Them (men) With Knives And Spears Was Much Easier Than Loving Them, Much Easier.

A Shoat Squealing Under A Fence Just Attracts The Fox, When It Should Be Trying To Run.

The Golden Crane Flies For Tarmon Gai'don!

The Best Way To Avoid Trouble Is To Make Sure No One Wants To Trouble You.

Thus Is Our Treaty Written; Thus Is Agreement Made. Thought Is The Arrow Of Time; Memory Never Fades. What Was Asked Is Given; The Price Is Paid.

He Is Born Again! I Feel Him! The Dragon Takes His First Breath On The Slope Of Dragonmount! He Is Coming! He Is Coming! Light Help Us! Light Help The World! He Lies In The Snow And Cries Like The Thunder! He Burns Like The Sun!

When A Woman Says She Will Obey You, Of Her Own Will, It Is Time To Sleep Lightly And Watch Your Back.

On A Day Of Fire And Blood, A Tattered Banner Waved Above Dumai's Wells, Bearing The Ancient Symbol Of Aes Sedai. On A Day Of Fire And Blood And The One Power, As Prophecy Had Suggested, The Unstained Tower, Broken, Bent Knee To The Forgotten Sign. The First Nine Aes Sedai Swore Fealty To The Dragon Reborn, And The World Was Changed Forever.

Always Something New, Always Something I Didn't Expect, And Sometimes It Isn't Horrible.

If You Don't Know Everything, You Must Go On With What You Do Know.

A Man Should Never Give Promises In Bed.

Once You Decide To Gut A Fish, There's No Use Waiting Till It Rots.

If A Woman Does Need A Hero, She Needs Him Today, Not Tomorrow.

Today Not Tomorrow

The Best Lie Is Often One Too Ridiculous To Be Taken For A Lie.

Nobody Tells Us How To Be Men. We Just Are.

If Your Enemy Offers You Two Targets, Strike At A Third.

Almost Dead Yesterday, Maybe Dead Tomorrow, But Alive, Gloriously Alive, Today. -- Mat Cauthon

On The Heights, All Paths Are Paved With Daggers. -old Seanchan Saying

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