Facing them (men) with knives and spears was much easier than loving them, much easier.

A secret spoken finds wings.

Times are not what they were, and we cannot be, either. If you sit and wish for what you want, you may not see it this side of the grave.

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.

Always leave a way out, unless you really want to find out how hard a man can fight when he’s nothing to lose.

Those intricate curves and patterns your people create are beyond human eyes and hands to make. Perhaps we wished to avoid a poor imitation that would only have been an ever-present reminder to us of...

The old blood is indeed still strong in the Two Rivers.

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

Sometimes she thought the Creator had only made men to cause trouble for women.

Rand had changed a number of laws in Tear, especially those that weighed heavily on the poor, but he had been unable to change everything. He had not even known how to begin. Lews Therin...

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

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.

Victory settles a lot of arguments in most men’s heads.

The way back will come but once. Be steadfast.

Bound by the Oath against lying, Aes Sedai [carry] the half-truth, the quarter-truth and the implication to arts.

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?

Juilin,” she asked hesitantly, “what were you going to do with the salt and cooking oil? Not exactly,” she added more quickly. “Just a general idea.” He looked at her for a moment. “I do...

Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again.

People are people, low or high.

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...

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

Two days’ hunger made a fine sauce for anything.

I always say, if you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.

Lan shook his head sightly “He was better. But he thought I was finished, with only one arm. He never understood. You surrender after you’re dead.

You’re bloody insane, Karede,” Mat said. “Unfortunately, so am I.

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.

Image perception makes a big difference. That’s one of the things I tell entrepreneurs today. Fine, focus on products, focus on customers and all that good stuff – that’s necessary. But the image that you...

It was easier to be brave when someone needed your protection.

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...

In a cruel land, you either learned to laugh at cruelty or spent your life weeping.

There is some delight in ale and wineAnd some in girls with ankles fineBut my delight, yes always mineIs to dance with Jak O’ the ShadowsWe will toss the dice however they fallAnd snuggle the...

Give me your trust, said the Aes Sedai.On my shoulders I support the sky.Trust me to know and to do what is best,And I will take care of the rest.But trust is the color of...

One more dance along the razor’s edge finished. Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today.

Dovie’andi se tovya sagain!

Execution is everything. Even if you start a business with the wrong idea or too many competitors, you can out-execute all the better ideas in the right market.