"how long now had he been doing what was necessary instead of what was right? in a fair world, they would be one and the same." - in robert jordan's "the fires of heaven"

"it seems to me that kings—and queens—can be fools when they forget what they are and act like who they are, but they're worse when they only remember what they are and forget who. most could do with someone whose only job is to remind them that they eat and sweat and cry the same as any farmer." - nynaeve, in robert jordan's "the fires of heaven"

"men and maidens struggle against fate even when it is clear the Pattern weaves on despite their struggles. you must learn to ride fate. only by surrendering to the Pattern can you begin to have some control over the course of your own life. if you fight, the Pattern will still force you, and you will find only misery where you might have found contentment instead." - bair, in robert jordan's "the fires of heaven"

"letting emotions go clouds judgment for a moment, but holding them in clouds it always. just be sure you do not release them too often, or when it is best to keep control of them." - amys, in robert jordan's "the fires of heaven"

"the present is much clearer than the future... what is happening or beginning is more easily seen than what will happen, or may." - melaine, in robert jordan's "the shadow rising"

"do not trouble trouble till trouble troubles you." - siuan sanche, in robert jordan's "the shadow rising"

"life is uncertainty and struggle, choice and change; one who knew how her life was woven would have the life of an animal. if she did not go mad. humankind is made for uncertainty, struggle, choice and change." - amys, in robert jordan's "the shadow rising"