It’s one of the things men are for, taking the blame. They usually deserve it, even if you don’t know exactly how.
What I love, I destroy, Lews Therin laughed. What I destroy, I love.
The grave is no bar to my call.
Men teach cats curiosity, but cats keep sense for themselves.
Just because fate has chosen something for you instead of you choosing it for yourself doesn’t mean it has to be bad. Even if it’s something you are sure you would never have chosen in a hundred years. ‘Better ten days of love than years of regretting,’ ” she quoted.
Sometimes, it was difficult to tell Nynaeve leading from Nynaeve bullying.
Someone had to record this. He couldn’t spend the entire time worrying about her. So, he searched his mind for the right words to describe what he was seeing. He set aside words like “epic” and “momentous.” They were nearly worn out with overuse.
Change came so slowly you never noticed it creeping up on you, or far too fast for comfort, but it came.
You can ask or demand anything of me, but never to let you die without trying to save you. The day you die, I die.
Tai’shar Manetheren,” he said softly. Nynaeve’s mouth fell open, then curled into a tremulous smile. Sudden tears glistened in her eyes as she spun to face him, her face joyous. He smiled back at her, and there was nothing cold in his eyes. Elayne.
Thieves are always the most careful of their purses.
The flame and the void are about center,” Tam said. “And about peace. I would teach it to each and every person in this land, soldier or not, if I could.
The secret, it turned out, had not been to harden himself to the point of breaking. It had not been to become numb. It had been to walk in pain, like the pain of the wounds at his side, and accept that pain as part of him. Two.
The difference between you and Cadsuane is that you actually care about me. She only cares about my place in her plans. She wants me to be part of the Final battle. You want me to live. For that, you have my thanks. Dream on my behalf, Nynaeve. Dream for things I no longer can.
There were more important uses for that time. One thing at a time, and the most important first. That was his way.
Battles can alter history. He did not sound pleased with it. The trouble is, sometimes you cannot say how history will be changed until it is too late.
Letting emotions go clouds judgment for a moment, but holding them in clouds it always. Just be sure you do not release them too often, or when it is best to keep control of them.
Let others know you possessed a secret, and some would work to learn it; that was a fact of nature.
Ragan gave him a guarded look that said he agreed with every word but strongly doubted Uno’s wisdom in voicing them. Ragan, it seemed, had the makings of a wise man in him.
What is the best method of appeasing an offended party? Would it not be to give some ground to them, acknowledge what they have done right?