I had long wondered," Lan said to Tam. "About the man who had given Rand that heron-marked blade. I wondered if he had truly earned it. Now I know." Lan raised his own sword in salute.
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
A man who trusts everyone is a fool and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools if we live long enough.
Wounds to the pride are remembered long after wounds to the flesh.
First things first; take care of what can be done now before worrying too long over what might never be.
How long had he been doing what was necessary instead of what was right? In a fair world they would be one and the same.
Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your loses for too long.
When you wish for so long that you could hear something, and then suddenly, with no warning, you do, it is like a lightning strike and rain on parched ground at the same time. You're stunned, but you cannot hear enough.
The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.
Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long enough, isn't it?
The road ahead of you is long, dark, and, I very much fear, bloodstained. I also very much fear that you will take us all down that road. But you must live to reach the end of it.