A book can be as dangerous as a sword in the right hands$$$ said Haldon.

If every woman had a direwolf$$$ men would be much sweeter.

A man can own a woman$$$ and a man can own a knife$$$ but no man can own both$$$

A shy smile$$$ strong arms$$$ clever fingers$$$ and two sure swords. What more could any woman want?

The best lies are seasoned with a bit of truth$$$

All my memories are poisoned.

Kill the boy and let the man be born.

Much that may seem evil can be good.

The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak$$$ your shield$$$ your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong.

Time is different for a tree than for a man. Sun and soil and water$$$ these are the things a weirwood understands$$$ not days and years and centuries. For men$$$ time is a river. We are trapped in its flow$$$ hurtling from past to present$$$ always in the same direction. The lives of trees are different. They root and grow and die in one place$$$ and that river does not move them. The oak is the acorn$$$ the acorn is the oak.