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

the wolf may fight the bear but the rabbit always looses

A spoonful of hope and a cup of despair

When a woman says she will obey you, of her own will, it is time to sleep lightly and watch your back.

The Amyrlin Seat has fallen," a nearby Aes Sedai cried amid the crystallized Sharans. "The Amyrlin Seat has fallen!

If you ask the lion to protect from from wolves, you have only chosen to end in one belly instead of another.

You break your neck, and I’ll see it mended just so I can break it again.