Belief and order give strength. Have to clear rubble before you can build.

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

The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death.

Some men […] choose to seek greatness, while others are forced to it. It is always better to choose than to be forced. A man who is forced is never completely his own master. He must dance on the strings of those who forced him.

The best lie is often one too ridiculous to be taken for a lie.

Loial, son of Arent, son of Halen, had secretly always wanted to be hasty.

I have never known anyone else," Egwene said to him, "who will work so hard to avoid hard work, Matrim Cauthon.