“Belief and order give strength. Have to clear rubble before you can build.”

“Let most men have a finger and they will have the whole hand before you know. Let a clan cheif have a finger and he will have the entire arm.”

“They were high up. If he fell, he'd have time to hum three verses of "She Has No Ankles That I Can See" before he hit. Maybe an extra round of the chorus.”

“Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your loses for too long.”

“Burn me," Mat said, throwing on the shirt he dug out of the bundle. "I'll give you a hundred Tar Valon marks if you do it, just so I can tell the story.”

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

“Hardness shatters; strength endures.”