“A beautiful battle is one you don't have to fight”

“Lan told me once that Malkier lives so long as one man wears the hadori in pledge that he will fight the Shadow, so long as one woman wears the ki'sain in pledge that she will send her sons to fight the Shadow. I wear the ki'sain, Master Aldragoran. My husband wears the hadori. So do you. Will Lan Mandragoran ride to the Last Battle alone?”

“Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.”

“If you have a sword, and the Aielman has his bare hands, it is an even fight. If you're good.”

“From the time an Aiel boy becomes a man he will not sing anything but battle chants, or their dirge for the slain. I have heard them singing over their dead, and over those they have killed. That song is one to makethe stones weep.”

“Relax, lad. Take life as it comes. Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.”

“Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won.”