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The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills, Perrin. We've become what we needed to become."- Rand Al'Thor

He came like the wind, like the wind touched everything, and like the wind was gone. -from The Dragon Reborn. By Loial, son of Arent son of Halan, the Fourth Age.

On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers. -Old Seanchan saying

And his paths shall be many, and who shall know his name, for he shall be beorn among us many times, in many guises, as he has been and ever will be, time without end. His coming shall be like the sharp edge of the plow, turning our lives in furrows form out of the places where we lie in our silence. The breaker of binds; the forger of chains. The maker of futures; the unshaper of destiny. -from Commentaries on the Prophecies of the Dragon, by Jurith Dorine, Right Hand to the Queen of Almoren, 742 AB, the Third Age

Loial, son of Arent, son of Halen, had secretly always wanted to be hasty.

Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses.

There were many good years. Good decades, good centuries. We believed we were living in paradise. Perhaps that was our downfall. We wanted our lives to be perfect, so we ignored imperfections. Problems were magnified through inattention and war might have become inevitable if the Bore hadn't ever made.

Care for the living. I'll weep for the dead later. - Perrin Aybara

If wishes had wings, sheep would fly.

Violence harms the one who does it as much as the one who receives it. You could cut down a tree with an axe. The axe does violence to the tree, and escapes unharmed. Is that how you see it? Wood is soft compared to steel, but the sharp steel is dulled as it chops, and the sap of the tree will rust and pit it. The mighty axe does violence to the helpless tree, and is harmed by it. So it is with men, though the harm is in the spirit.

Sometimes six and six make a dozen, and sometimes they make a mess

Some men […] choose to seek greatness, while others are forced to it. It is always better to choose than to be forced. A man who is forced is never completely his own master. He must dance on the strings of those who forced him.

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

If you wish, you may call me Rand Sedai.

Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.

Most of those we call heroes only did what they had to do.

There was a wild light in his eyes. "Bring your lightnings, Aes Sedai. I will dance with them.

Moiraine: It seems Ryne was wrong as well as a Darkfriend. You were better than he. Lan: He was better. But he thought I was finished, with only one arm. He never understood. You surrender after you're dead.

If you have a sword, and the Aielman has his bare hands, it is an even fight. If you're good.

If the world is ending, a woman will want to fix her hair. If the world's ending, a woman will take the time to tell a man something he's done wrong.

A beautiful battle is one you don't have to fight