"men would not follow you unless they knew you were ready to face the same dangers and hardships they did."

- in robert jordan's "knife of dreams"

"i felt i owed you an apology and a warning. i’m not a hearts and flowers kind of man, i don't do romance. my tastes are very singular. you should steer clear of me."

- christian, in e.l. james' "fifty shades of grey"

"truth has more shadings than you might think, and distance often distorts truth into something very different from the facts."

- sareitha, in robert jordan's "knife of dreams"

"finding a murderer was a joy, far more satisfying than settling a boundary dispute. it was the most heinous of crimes, the theft of what could never be recovered, all the years that would never be lived, all that might have been done in them."

- in robert jordan's "knife of dreams"

"...a way of dealing with pain. they embraced it, gave themselves over to it without fighting or even trying to hold back screams. perhaps that would help... that way the pain could be cast off without keeping its hold on you."

- in robert jordan's "knife of dreams"

"when fire threatens the trees, we do not run away and hope that the flames will not follow us. we fight. and we dare not run from it."

- loial, in robert jordan's "knife of dreams"

"a good general... brave, but not overly brave. he won't get himself killed just to show how brave he is."

- furyk karede, in robert jordan's "knife of dreams"