Women often seemed to leave things unsaid, and in his limited experience it was what they did not say that proved the most trouble.

You didn't listen to me," Lan whispered. One last lesson. The hardest. Demandred struck, and Lan saw his opening. Lan lunged forward placing Demandred's sword point against his own side and ramming himself forward onto it. "I did not come here to win," Lan whispered, smiling. "I came here to kill you. Death is lighter than a feather." Demandred's eyes opened wide, and he tried to pull back. Too late. Lan's sword took him straight though the throat.

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

The leaf lives its appointed time, and does not struggle against the wind that carries it away. The leaf does no harm, and finally falls to nourish new leaves. So it should be with all men and women.

Jump in a hole without looking, and there'll be a snake in it every time.

I doubt you can understand the magnitude of the stupidity in your statement

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