The Fires of Heaven (The Wheel of Time, #5)

by Robert Jordan

well. “I always say, if you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.”

Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today.

“Wish” and “want” trip the feet, but “is” makes the path smoother.

He was no hero! What did a hero get? An Aes Sedai patting you on the head before she sent you out like a hound to do it again. A noblewoman condescending to favor you with a kiss, or laying a flower on your grave.