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

Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. -- Mat Cauthon

The Wheel of Time and the wheel of a man's life turn alike without pity or mercy.

In a cruel land, you either learned to laugh at cruelty or spent your life weeping.

I grew up around strong women; weak men were pickled and salted. The women wouldn't waste time raising a weak boy.

Maybe there would be a Tinker city someday, too. They would buy up all of the colored dye, and everyone else in the world would ave to wear brown.' -Mat

I've seen men die because they were sure that what should not happen,would not. -Robert Jordan(The eye of the world,Wheel of time)