From the time an Aiel boy becomes a man he will not sing anything but battle chants, or their dirge for the slain. I have heard them singing over their dead, and over those they have killed. That song is one to make the stones weep.

Care for the living. I'll weep for the dead later. - Perrin Aybara

Jump in a hole without looking, and there'll be a snake in it every time.

Hardness shatters; strength endures.

The arrogance of men never ceases to amaze me. You all think everything has to do with you, and every woman has to desire you.

He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that.

Demandred blocked Lan's attack but he breathed hoarsely. "Who are you?" Demandred whispered again. "No one of this Age has such skill. Asmodean? No, no. He couldn't have fought me like this. Lews Therin? It is you behind that face, isn't it?" "I am just a man," Lan whispered. "That is all I have ever been.