Let most men have a finger and they will have the whole hand before you know. Let a clan cheif have a finger and he will have the entire arm.

How long had he been doing what was necessary instead of what was right? In a fair world they would be one and the same.

The men in my family are strong because the women in my family kill and eat the weak ones.

Yes, I'm alive," Mat said. "I'm usually pretty good at staying alive. I've only failed one time that I can remember, and it hardly counts.

Keep your mind out of the pigsty, man!

Violence harms the one who does it as much as the one who receives it. You could cut down a tree with an axe. The axe does violence to the tree, and escapes unharmed. Is that how you see it? Wood is soft compared to steel, but the sharp steel is dulled as it chops, and the sap of the tree will rust and pit it. The mighty axe does violence to the helpless tree, and is harmed by it. So it is with men, though the harm is in the spirit.

I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.