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

The innocent died along with the guilty. And if you did nothing, then only the innocent died.

Sene sovya caba'donde ain dovienya

I'm a gambler, a farmboy, and I'm here to take command of your bloody army!

--Mat Cauthon

Hero! 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.

Women were glad when he came into their lives. It was not boasting. Women smiled for him; even when he left them, they smiled as if they would welcome him back. That was all he ever really wanted from women; a smile, a dance, a kiss, and to be remembered foundly.