"Briarwood is the pretty poison. There is no cure for Briarwood."
— Anne Bishop

"That is a list of the Territories that yielded to Ebon Askavi. They now stand within the shadow of the Keep. They are mine. Anyone who tries to settle in my Territory without my consent will be dealt with. Anyone who harms any of my people will be executed. There will be no excuses and no exceptions. I will say it simply so that the members of this Council and the intruders who thought to take land they had no right to claim can never say they misunderstood." Jaenelle's lips curled into a snarl. "STAY OUT OF MY TERRITORY!"
— Anne Bishop (Heir to the Shadows)

"The Creator made women to please the eye, and to boggle the mind."
— Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time: Boxed Set)

"Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget."
— Robert Jordan

"I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile."
— Robert Jordan (The Eye of the World)

"Dance with her, and she will forgive much. Dance well, and she will forgive anything."
— Robert Jordan

""An open sack hides nothing, And an open door hides little, but an open man is surely hiding something.
lini is quoted by Nynaeve."
— Robert Jordan

"The men in my family are strong because the women in my family kill and eat the weak ones."
— Robert Jordan

"Wizards First Rule: People are Stupid"
— Terry Goodkind (Wizard's First Rule)

"People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people."
— Alan Moore (V for Vendetta)

"Winter is coming."
— George R.R. Martin (A Game of Thrones)

"Bran thought about it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?'

'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him."
— George R.R. Martin (A Game of Thrones)

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn to the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
— Frank Herbert (Dune)

"Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible."
— Frank Herbert

"What do you despise? By this are you truly known."
— Frank Herbert

"Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife - chopping off what's incomplete and saying: 'Now, it's complete because it's ended here.'

- from "Collected Sayings of Maud'Dib'' by the Princess Irulan"
— Frank Herbert (Dune)

"When love is involved no sacrifice is too great."
— David Eddings