Most of those we call heroes only did what they had to do.

Women often seemed to leave things unsaid, and in his limited experience it was what they did not say that proved the most trouble.

Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile.

He came like the wind, like the wind touched everything, and like the wind was gone. -from The Dragon Reborn. By Loial, son of Arent son of Halan, the Fourth Age.

One pretty woman means fun at the dance. Two pretty women means trouble in the house. Three pretty women means run at the hills.

There were many good years. Good decades, good centuries. We believed we were living in paradise. Perhaps that was our downfall. We wanted our lives to be perfect, so we ignored imperfections. Problems were magnified through inattention and war might have become inevitable if the Bore hadn't ever made.

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.