If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.

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

Duty is heavy as a mountain, death is light as a feather.

Often you don't know whether a woman is friend, enemy or lover until it is too late. Sometimes, she is all three.

The way back will come but once. Be steadfast.

You will serve the Cyrstal Throne well. It would be a shame to see you assassinated too early. I will make certain that the first I send after you are newly trained, so that you may stop them with ease." -General Galgan to Mat

Sometimes, pain is all that lets you know you're alive.