The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.
Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won.
I always say, if you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.
Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again.
Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.
Juilin," she asked hesitantly, "what were you going to do with the salt and cooking oil? Not exactly," she added more quickly. "Just a general idea." He looked at her for a moment. "I do not know. But they did not, either. That is the trick of it; th...
At my age, if I make it up, it's still an old saying.
Always leave a way out, unless you really want to find out how hard a man can fight when he’s nothing to lose.
Victory settles a lot of arguments in most men's heads.
In Shinear, a woman [is] safe anywhere, any time-except from Trollocs and Myrddraal, of course-and any man [will] die to see it so.
