If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable.

Raoden looked up at his friend. "We're not dead, Galladon, and we're not damned. We're just unfinished.

Remember, despite the fact that this book is being sold as a 'fantasy' novel, you must take all of the things it says extremely seriously, as they are quite important, are in no way silly, and always make sense. Rutabaga.

...Generally people don't recomend this type of book at all. It is far too interesting. Perhaps you have had other books recomended to you. Perhaps, even, you have been given books by friends, parents, teachers, then told that these books are the type you have to read. Those books are invariably described as "important"- which in my experience, pretty much means that they're boring. (words like meaningful and thoughtful are other good clues.)

My job is not to save 'The Wheel of Time', to fix 'The Wheel of Time', or anything like that. My job is not to screw it up.

What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue it after failure?

I have no idea what you just said, child,' Breeze said. 'So I'm simply going to pretend it was coherent, then move on.