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"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."
"Thank you," the young mother said again. "Thank you." "The Black Tower protects," Logain heard himself say. "Always." "I will send him to you to be tested when he is of age," the woman promised, holding her son. "I would have him join you, if he has the talent." The talent. Not the curse. The talent."
"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."
"By the way, I saved Moiraine. Chew on that as you try to decide which of the two of us is winning." -Mat"
"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."
"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."
"Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long enough, isn't it?"
"Do not trouble trouble till trouble troubles you."
"Always plan for the worst, child; that way, all your surprises will be pleasant ones."
"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."
"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."
"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"
"Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your losses for too long."
"A man must know when to retreat from a woman, but a wise man knows that sometimes he must stand and face her."
"Often you don't know whether a woman is friend, enemy or lover until it is too late. Sometimes, she is all three."
"The road ahead of you is long, dark, and, I very much fear, bloodstained. I also very much fear that you will take us all down that road. But you must live to reach the end of it."
"Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile."
"Better to have one woman on your side than ten men."
"On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers. -Old Seanchan saying"
"A flapping tongue has killed more men than sudden storms ever did."