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

Well, I can admire stubbornness in a man. There is little to a man who's too easily biddable.

The only way was forward, whatever lay at the end.

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

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.

Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.

I'll never forget the first time Davram took me by the scruff of my neck and showed me he was the stronger of us. It was magnificent! If a woman is stronger than her husband, she comes to despise him. She has the choice of either tyrannizing him or else making herself less in order not to make him less. If the husband is strong enough, though, she can be as strong as she is, as strong as she can grow to be.