Hardness shatters; strength endures.

He doesn't know what to make of me," Mat said softly. "How very uncommon. I can't think of anyone else who has reacted that way to you, Mat.

A woman's eyes cut deeper than a knife.

If any of these women had been here instead of Nynaeve, the world would have ended.

As my Lord says, my Lord's leg is not a side of beef. Thank you, my Lord, for instructing me.

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.

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.