"a king or queen must dispense justice without fear of enemies or favor for friends." - elayne trakand, in robert jordan's "the fires of heaven"

"a pebble in your shoe was small compared to having your head cut off, but if the pebble was there and the chopping block might never be..." - in robert jordan's "the fires of heaven"

"there was no such thing as fairness in war. you took your enemy from behind, when he least expected it, when and where he was weakest." - in robert jordan's "the fires of heaven"

"do we fight? if we do, then know that in battle there is only winning and losing. rules against hurting are for games." - melaine, in robert jordan's "the fires of heaven"

"i think perhaps i've always felt i was masquerading as someone else, building up a mask until it became second nature. there was serious work to be done... and by the time i realized there was another way i could have gone, i had the mask on too firmly to take off." - leane, in robert jordan's "the fires of heaven"

"people who claimed they were collecting money to help others often had a way of letting a good bit stick in their own pockets, or else they liked the power that spreading it about gave them, liked it far too much." - in robert jordan's "the fires of heaven"

"one way to find money for the poor... simply rob anyone who was not poor. of course, that would just make everyone poor in the end, but it might work for a time." - in robert jordan's "the fires of heaven"