When you wish for so long that you could hear something, and then suddenly, with no warning, you do, it is like a lightning strike and rain on parched ground at the same time. You're stunned, but you cannot hear enough.
Robert JordanPerrin, my father says a general can take care of the living or weep for the dead, but he cannot do both.
Robert JordanWell, I can admire stubbornness in a man. There is little to a man who's too easily biddable.
Robert JordanMen," Thom murmured. "Men who shook the pillars of heaven and rocked the world on its foundations." He shook his head. "It doesn't matter. Forget about them. They are dust now.
Robert Jordan