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.
Women often seemed to leave things unsaid, and in his limited experience it was what they did not say that proved the most trouble.
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.
They were the sort who berated a man for meddling and chased him away, then berated him again for not being there when he was needed. Not that they would admit he was needed, even then, not them. Rais...
Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.
He came like the wind, like the wind touched everything, and like the wind was gone.-from The Dragon Reborn. By Loial, son of Arent son of Halan, the Fourth Age.
He did not think anyone needed to look after Nynaeve; around Nynaeve, to his mind, other people needed someone to look after them.
If wishes had wings, sheep would fly.
If you don't know everything, you must go on with what you do know.
If you plan for the worst, all surprises are pleasant.
Kneel and swear to the Lord Dragon, or you will be knelt.
Knock a man down, and you saw what he was made of. That man might run. If he didn’t—if he stood back up with blood at the corner of his mouth and determination in his eyes—then you knew. That man was...
Knowing serves no real purpose, but then, neither does not knowing. Myself, I always prefer knowing to not.
Nothing makes Semirhage weep. She gives tears to others, but she has none herself.
Storms rumble beyond the horizon, and the fires of heaven purge the earth. There is no salvation without destruction, no hope this side of death.
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.
The wheel weaves as the wheel wills
Well, if wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
Women do not become exhausted they only exhaust others.
You can never know everything, Lan said quietly, 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...
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