You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.
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.
Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your loses for too long.
If you pursue two hares, both will escape you.
We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.
Why, that’s like being told to go up in the hills to find lions, only you do not know whether there are any lions, but if there are, they may be hunting you, and they may be disguised as bushes. Oh, and if you find any lions, try not to let them eat you before you can tell where they are. -Elayne.
Reading is like breathing. If you take it away, first I become antsy, then violent.
What you want is what you cannot have. What you cannot have is what you want.
She’s not for you, nor you for her; at least, not in the way you both want.
Love is an odd thing. As odd a thing as there is.
Hardness shatters; strength endures.
Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.
Sometimes, pain is all that lets you know you’re alive.
A woman’s eyes cut deeper than a knife.
Always plan for the worst, child, that way all your surprises are pleasant ones.
There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.
May you shelter in the palm of the Creator’s hand, and may the last embrace of the mother welcome you home.
As my Lord says, my Lord’s leg is not a side of beef. Thank you, my Lord, for instructing me.
Loial, son of Arent, son of Halen, had secretly always wanted to be hasty.
If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third.