The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan

"Just because fate has chosen something for you instead of you choosing it for yourself doesn't mean it has to be bad. Even if it's something you are sure you would never have chosen in a hundred years. "Better ten days of love than years of regretting,' " she quoted. page 26


"...Rumor takes wing along a hundred paths. Always plan for the worst, child; that way, all your surprises will be pleasant ones." page 104


     "Most of those we call heroes only did what they had to do. ...." page 184


"... For the young, death is an enemy they wish to try their strength against. For those of us a little older, she is an old lover, but one we are not eager to meet again soon." page 383


"... Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive: women forgive, but never forget. ..." page 466

The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet. p.119


     "... The best of men are not much better than housebroken." Nynaeve paused, and added half to herself, "But then, the best of them are worth the trouble of housebreaking." p. 139


     "Some men," she said, not raising her eyes from his hand, "choose to seek greatness, while others are forced to it. It is always better to choose than to be forced. A man who's forced is never completely his own master. He must dance on the strings of those who forced him." p. 256


Lan said the time to sound most sure was when you  were least certain. p. 298


Women often seemed to leave things unsaid, and in his limited experience it was what they did not say that proved the most trouble. p. 298


"Does it surprise you that your life might go differently if you made different choices, or different things happened to you?...." p.533