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A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy.

What is too absurd to be believed is believed because it is too absurd to be a lie.

A woman's eyes cut deeper than a knife.

Rand, maybe that's the answer they give to everybody. Those snake people, I mean. Got to Rhuidean. Maybe we don't have to be here at all.' He did not believe it, but with that fog staring him in the face. ... Rand turned his head to look at him, not speaking. Finally he said, 'They never mentioned Rhuidean to me, Mat.' 'Oh, burn me,' he muttered.

I've seen men die because they were sure that what should not happen,would not. -Robert Jordan(The eye of the world,Wheel of time)

May Your Swords Stay Sharp!" - Lan Pendragon

Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile.

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.

If you don't know everything, you must go on with what you do know.

Often you don't know whether a woman is friend, enemy or lover until it is too late. Sometimes, she is all three.

I doubt you can understand the magnitude of the stupidity in your statement

Sometimes, pain is all that lets you know you're alive.

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.

Strange clothes you wear, Child of the Dragon. Has the Wheel turned so far? Do the People of the Dragon return to the first Covenant? But you wear a sword. That is neither now nor then.

Taking responsibility takes all the joy out of life, and drains a man to dust.

She’s not for you, nor you for her; at least, not in the way you both want.

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.

Kneel and swear to the Lord Dragon, or you will be knelt.

And yet many of us do it without families," Nynaeve said. "Without love, without passion beyond our own particular interests. So even while we try to guide the world, we separate ourselves from it.We risk arrogance, Egwene. We always assume we know best, but risk making ourselves unable to fathom the people we claim to serve.

Advice!Nobody tells us how to be men. We just are." "That is probably why you make such a bad job of it.- Perrin and Egwene

One pretty woman means fun at the dance. Two pretty women means trouble in the house. Three pretty women means run at the hills.