Lan said the time to sound most sure was when you were least certain.
When you ask questions, Lini used to say, then you have to hear the answers whether you want to or not.
Take what you want, and pay for it, the old saying went.
To believe a thing is not to make it true.
The trick is not to satisfy everyone, but to leave everyone feeling they reached the best possible result.
No man can walk so long in the Shadow that he cannot come again to the Light.
The only people I ever met who were sensible all the time were so boring that watching them could put you to sleep.
A woman would do a thing until you were sure she always would, then do something else just to fuddle you.
A pattern that is all one color is no pattern.
Beware the fox that makes the ravens fly.
Keep fighting, you daughters and sons of goats!” Birgitte yelled, loosing arrows at the mercenaries. “I might be dead, but I’m still your bloody commander, and you will obey orders!
May we see the sun rise together, shade of my heart.
Always plan ahead, Lini used to say, but worry too hard over next year, and you can trip over tomorrow.
The Wheel of Time weaves the Pattern of the Ages, and lives are the threads it weaves. No one can tell how the thread of his own life will be woven into the Pattern, or how the thread of a people will be woven.
That had the irritating sound of an old saying.
Just because fate has chosen something for you instead of you choosing it for yourself doesn’t mean it has to be bad.
You never could tell what a man would do when he was drunk, even if that man was your own self.
Respect is a thing earned and not demanded, Perrin Aybara.
Life is a dream, and everyone wakes eventually.
When an officer runs by with a look like that on his face, you don’t ask if he needs help. You just follow!