"As well you try to understand the sun, Perrin. It simply is, and it is not to be understood. You cannot live without it, but it exacts a price. So with women."

"For the young, death is an enemy they wish to try their strength against. For those of us a little older, she is an old friend, an old lover, but one we are not eager to meet again soon."

"You have to understand, child. Everyone wants someone in their life, someone who cares for them, someone they can care for. Even a queen."

"You could weave silk from pig bristles before you could make a man anything but a man."