I had long wondered," Lan said to Tam. "About the man who had given Rand that heron-marked blade. I wondered if he had truly earned it. Now I know." Lan raised his own sword in salute.

May you shelter in the palm of the Creator's hand, and may the last embrace of the mother welcome you home.

Women often seemed to leave things unsaid, and in his limited experience it was what they did not say that proved the most trouble.

A woman's eyes cut deeper than a knife.

On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers. -Old Seanchan saying

Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.

If the world is ending, a woman will want to fix her hair. If the world's ending, a woman will take the time to tell a man something he's done wrong.