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

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

Well, I can admire stubbornness in a man. There is little to a man who's too easily biddable.

Dovie'andi se tovya sagain (It's time to roll the dice) - Matrim Cauthon

It has been quite a weight, hasn't it?" Tam asked. "What weight?" Rand replied. "That lost hand you've been carrying." Rand looked down at his stump. "Yes. I believe it has been at that.

Fantasy is an area where it is possible to talk about right and wrong, good and evil, with a straight face. In mainstream fiction and even in a good deal of mystery, these things are presented as simply two sides of the same coin. Never really more than a matter of where you happen to be standing.

It was easier to be brave when someone needed your protection.