Estraven

"One cannot simply walk away from one's kethil."

"Winter is the time for stories, not for traveling."

"Forsivin! I had no forgiveness coming."

"Love is a country where borders are dreams."

"In the ice, there is no politics."

"A man may love another man deeply and still be a man."

"Cold does not distinguish between enemies and friends."

"The exile carries his country within him."

"The world is frozen, but the heart need not be."

"The ice accepts no excuse or explanation."

"Gender is a small thing compared to survival."

"We are bound by what we endure together."

"A man who knows he is a fool is not a complete fool."

"One cannot go to the Land of Orgoreyn and return to the Land of Karhide with empty hands."

"Trust is a luxury I cannot afford."

"I am Dossae, but Genly is my friend."

"What is the good of power if not to preserve the bond between two people?"

"Duty binds us more than kinship ever could."

"Ambition is the thief of happiness."

"Forgiveness is not forgetting; it is remembering with love."

"Loyalty is written on the ice, where all things freeze and become permanent."

"To understand another's mind is to walk in their shadow."

"Time moves differently when you are not counting the days."

"To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness"

"The king is a privy to something, something secret and wrong"

"The less you own, the less it owns you."

"A wall between two enemies, or two friends, makes no difference when you begin to understand the language of the stones."

"To know another person you must first be willing to lose yourself."

"Those who speak of freedom seldom understand its weight."

"The greatest victory is the one won without violence."