No. Please do not name either child after me, Elayne. Let them live their own lives. My shadow will be long enough as it is.'-Rand
I love words, Mat said. There are some deliciously pretty words out there. 'Smile.' That's always sounded like a pretty word to me. Don't you think? Or, perhaps, the words 'I promise not to kill Egwen...
He wanted to laugh. Only, the sound wouldn't come out. He couldn't summon even a wry humor, not anymore. That wasn't a thought to cause laughter; it was one to cause despair. But Rand did not weep, fo...
Death is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain. So many duties. Egwene.
Cauthon lives, Arganda said. And that's bloody amazing, considering that someone blew up his command post, set fire to his tenet, killed a bunch of his damane, and chased off his wife. Cauthon crawled...
Care for the living. I'll weep for the dead later. - Perrin Aybara
And the Shadow fell upon the land, and the world was riven stone from stone. The oceans fled, and the mountains were swallowed up, and the nations were scattered to the eight corners of the World. The...
Always plan for the worst, child, that way all your surprises are pleasant ones.
A spoonful of hope and a cup of despair
Yes...how else could Demandred explain the skill of the enemy general? Only a man with the experience of an ancient was so masterly at the dance of battlefields. At their core, many battle tactics wer...
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...
Why didn't you guess this would happen? Elayne demanded.He looked at her, expressionless. One side of his mouth twitched up, then he pulled his hat down, shading his eyepatch.Light, Elayne said. You k...
We rode on the winds of the rising storm,We ran to the sounds of the thunder.We danced among the lightning bolts,and tore the world asunder.
The newest pups always blame the elders of the pack.
I wonder if, Nynaeve said, we sometimes put the White Tower —as an institution— before the people we serve. I wonder if we let it become a goal in itself, instead of a means to help us achieve greater...
He was a soldier. He was a shepherd. He was a beggar, and a king. He was a farmer, gleeman, sailor, carpenter. He was born, lived, and died Aiel. He died mad, he died rotting, he died of sickness, acc...
Better to have one woman on your side than ten men.
Anything can be a weapon, if the man or woman who holds it has the nerve and will to make it so.
You will serve the Cyrstal Throne well. It would be a shame to see you assassinated too early. I will make certain that the first I send after you are newly trained, so that you may stop them with eas...
When you saw me with a dagger in hand - as if to throw at you - you didn't call for your guards. You didn't fear I was here to kill you. You looked over your shoulder to see what I was aiming at. That...