Once you decide to gut a fish, there's no use waiting till it rots.
It seems to me that kings and queens can be fools when they forget what they are and act like who they are, but they're worse when they only remember what they are and forget who.
Dance with her, and she will forgive much. Dance well, and she will forgive anything.
To lead is neither to push or pull.
Men," Thom murmured. "Men who shook the pillars of heaven and rocked the world on its foundations." He shook his head. "It doesn't matter. Forget about them. They are dust now.
The way back will come but once. Be steadfast.
You have to have talent to some extent - I certainly hope I have talent - but you have to have luck as well. Once you get that first shot, that will get you noticed for the rest of your books and that will give the rest of your books a better chance.
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; their minds made up worse then I ever could. I have seen a tough man break when I sent for a basket of figs and some mice.
A flapping tongue has killed more men than sudden storms ever did.
I do not like odd things until I can understand them.
As my Lord says, my Lord's leg is not a side of beef. Thank you, my Lord, for instructing me.
Duty is heavy as a mountain, death is light as a feather.
I'm not certain that I draw from any one culture more than others. Many myths and legends of many different cultures are really the same story when you get to the heart of it. They are often cultural cautionary tales about how we should behave and how we should live.
But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.
Better to try understanding the sun than a woman.
Only a fool thinks his enemies stand still when he isn't looking, my Lord Dragon.
You must surrender before you can guide.
As the Wheel of Time turns, places wear many names. Men wear many names, many faces. Different faces, but always the same man. Yet no one knows the Great Pattern the Wheel weaves, or even the Pattern of an Age. We can only watch, and study, and hope.
There are no clear paths. Only pitfalls and tripwires and darkness.
I think that quite often you can only find a choice between bad and worse. But I think it's worth making the effort, and I like to expose my characters to that sort of situation.
Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes.
You cannot please everyone. You cannot soothe everyone.
Once you catch a disease and survive, you can't get it again.
I killed the whole world, and you can too, if you try hard.
Belief and order give strength. Have to clear rubble before you can build.
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