In my day, girls jumped when a Wise One said jump, and continued jumping until
they were told to stop. As I am still alive, it is still my day. Need I make
myself clearer?
-Sorilea, to Aviendha and Egwene al'Vere
The Three-fold Land is not soft, Aes Sedai. Soft things die here.
-Bair
Death comes for us all. We can only chose how to face it when it comes. -
Aviendha
If you must go to the gallows give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman
and make the drop with a smile on your lips.
-Birigitte
Do you have any idea how long it takes to dig graves for twenty-three oak trees?
-
Davram Bashere
We all seek the coin of knowledge.
-Hadnan Kadere
He was better. But he thought I was finished with only one arm. He never understood.
You surrender after you're dead.
-Lan Mandragoran
The weak must be bold cautiously.
-Siuan Sanche
You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps
even the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion
of courage lies in going on anyways.
-Lan Mandragoran
The fact that the price must be paid is proof that it is worth paying.
-Lan
Mandragoran
Oh, I do remember you. The one with the fla- the mouth. Ragan thought you could
skin and butcher a blo- bull at ten paces with your tongue. Chaena and Nangu
thought fifty.
-Uno, to Nynaeve al'Meara
The rose petal floats on water,the kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and
beauty swirl in the midst of death.
-Lan Mandragoran
He hated dying
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Matrim Cuathon