There are no endings, and never will be endings, to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was an ending.

Stop moping, sule," galladon said with a grunt."It doesn't suit you-it takes a fine sense of pessimism to brood with any sort of respectability.

Remember that your job as a practicing writer is to remember it's never going to be perfect on your first pass.

Overcome your guilt. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don't blame yourself. Protect, save, help- but know when to give up. They're precarious ledges to walk. How do I do it?

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.

Welcome, Ruin said, to godhood.

A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them.