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From The Time An Aiel Boy Becomes A Man He Will Not Sing Anything But Battle Chants, Or Their Dirge For The Slain. I Have Heard Them Singing Over Their Dead, And Over Those They Have Killed. That Song Is One To Make The Stones Weep.

Kill A Man Who Needs Killing, And Sometimes Others Pay For It. The Question Is, Was It Worth Doing It Anyway? There's Always A Balance, You Know. Good And Evil. Light And Shadow. We Would Not Be Human If There Wasn't A Balance.

My Mother Always Told Me The Best Way To Learn To Deal With A Man Was To Learn To Ride A Mule. She Said They Have About Equal Brains Most Of The Time. Sometimes The Mule Is Smarter.

A Myrddraal Has Less Cunning Than A Woman, And A Trolloc Fights With More Honor. And A Goat Has More Sense.

A Man Without Trust Is A Man Without Life.