I have never known anyone else," Egwene said to him, "who will work so hard to avoid hard work, Matrim Cauthon.

Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again.

You break your neck, and I’ll see it mended just so I can break it again.

At my age, if I make it up, it's still an old saying.

The only way was forward, whatever lay at the end.

Browns seek knowledge, Blues meddle in causes, and Whites consider the questions of truth with implacable logic. We all do some of it all, of course. But to be Green means to stand ready. In the Trolloc Wars, we were often called the Battle Ajah. All Aes Sedai helped where and when they could, but the Green Ajah alone was always with the armies, in almost every battle. We were the counter to the dreadlords. The Battle Ajah. And now we stand ready, for the Trollocs to come south again, for Tarmon Gai'don. the Last Battle. We will be there. That is what it means to be Green. -Alanna

Storms rumble beyond the horizon, and the fires of heaven purge the earth. There is no salvation without destruction, no hope this side of death.