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

She understood his eyes, colder than winter's heart. A man who knew he was dead and couldn't make himself care; you are spared that. Mashiara. His lost love.

A spoonful of hope and a cup of despair

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

The arrogance of men never ceases to amaze me. You all think everything has to do with you, and every woman has to desire you.

What is too absurd to be believed is believed because it is too absurd to be a lie.

And yet many of us do it without families," Nynaeve said. "Without love, without passion beyond our own particular interests. So even while we try to guide the world, we separate ourselves from it.We risk arrogance, Egwene. We always assume we know best, but risk making ourselves unable to fathom the people we claim to serve.