That man,' Elayne said, 'is never where he needs to be.' 'And yet,' Perrin said, 'he always arrives there eventually.

You have made a place in my heart where I thought there was no room for anything else. You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones. Remember this, on this journey you insist on making. If you die, I will not survive you long.

Taking responsibility takes all the joy out of life, and drains a man to dust.

Better to have one woman on your side than ten men.

I doubt you can understand the magnitude of the stupidity in your statement

Well, I can admire stubbornness in a man. There is little to a man who's too easily biddable.

No. Please do not name either child after me, Elayne. Let them live their own lives. My shadow will be long enough as it is.' -Rand