I grew up around strong women; weak men were pickled and salted. The women wouldn't waste time raising a weak boy.

Sandar came to stand beside him, frowning down at the crumpled High Lord. "He does not look so mighty lying there," he said wonderingly. "He does not look so much greater than me.

The way back will come but once. Be steadfast.

Mat had tried to make her say she saw a hat floating around Mat's head. That would persuade Tuon to stop trying to get rid of his, would it not?

Two hands. One to destroy, the other to save. Which had he lost?

Men," Thom murmured. "Men who shook the pillars of heaven and rocked the world on its foundations." He shook his head. "It doesn't matter. Forget about them. They are dust now.

If you have a sword, and the Aielman has his bare hands, it is an even fight. If you're good.