hope is like a piece of string when you’re drowning; it just isn’t enough to get you out by itself.

Taren Ferry folk had a reputation for slyness and trickery. If you shook hands with a Taren Ferry man, people said, you counted your fingers afterwards.

The Black Tower stands with the Lion of Andor." -Logain

Does it make you brave to stick your hand in a bear's mouth? Would you do it again just because you didn't die?

But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.

Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile.

Moiraine: It seems Ryne was wrong as well as a Darkfriend. You were better than he. Lan: He was better. But he thought I was finished, with only one arm. He never understood. You surrender after you're dead.