Birgitte Silverbow
Variant: 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.
Source: The Fires of Heaven (15 October 1993)

“I will never shame you. I will hate the man you choose because he is not me, and love him if he makes you smile. No woman deserves the sure knowledge of widow's black as her brideprice, you least of all.”

Robert Jordan book The Eye of the World

al'Lan Mandragoran to Nynaeve al'Meara
(15 January 1990)
Source: The Eye of the World

“At my age, if I make it up, it’s still an old saying.”

Robert Jordan The Fires of Heaven

Lini
(15 October 1993)
Source: The Fires of Heaven

“Does it make you brave to stick your hand in a bear's mouth? Would you do it again just because you didn't die?”

Robert Jordan The Dragon Reborn

Source: The Dragon Reborn

“She understood his eyes, colder than winter's heart. A man who knew he was dead and couldn't make himself care; you are spared that. Mashiara. His lost love.”

Robert Jordan

“He doesn't know what to make of me," Mat said softly.
"How very uncommon. I can't think of anyone else who has reacted that way to you, Mat.”

Robert Jordan The Wheel of Time

Source: A Memory of Light

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

Robert Jordan

Lini
(15 September 1992)

“The best way to avoid trouble is to make sure no one wants to trouble you.”

Robert Jordan

Birgitte Trahelion
(15 October 1994)

“To fight the raven you may make alliance with the serpent until the battle is done.”

Robert Jordan

Byar, Children of the Light
(11 October 2005)

“Prophecy is most dangerous when you try to make it happen… The Pattern weaves itself around you, but when you try to weave it, even you cannot hold it.”

Robert Jordan

Moiraine Damodred
(15 September 1992)

“You cannot tell a man he has the power to make the earth shake, then expect him to walk small.”

Robert Jordan

Mazrim Taim
(15 October 1994)

“I always thought the stole weighed about as much as three good men. The Amyrlin has few easy decisions to make, and fewer where she can be sure. Do what you must, and pay the price if you’re wrong. Sometimes if you are right, too.”

Robert Jordan

Siuan Sanche to Egwene al'Vere
(15 October 1994)

“Men always seem to refuse to admit they are sick until they’re sick enough to make twice as much work for women. Then they claim they’re well too soon, with the same result.”

Robert Jordan

Siuan Sanche
(15 October 1991)

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

Robert Jordan

Lini
(15 October 1993)