The Eye of the World: Book One by Robert Jordan

Sometimes you have to take a chance, even if it's a poor one. page 109


Anything can be a weapon, if the man or woman who holds it has the nerve and will to make it so. page 144


There must be a difference in what you saw, it seemed to him, depending on whether you sought adventure or had it forced on you. page 163


Take life as it comes. Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can. page 380


"Ila was giving me advice on being a woman," Egwene  replied absently. ......
    " Advice! Nobody tells us how to be men. We just are."
    "That, " Egwenesaid, "is probably why you make such a bad job of it." page 388


It was easier to be brave, he discovered, when someone needed your protection. page 630


"Peace favor your sword." ....
     "What a strange thing to say," Egwene said. "Why do they use it like that? Peace."
     "When you have never known a thing except to dream," Lan replied, heeling Mandarb forward, "it becomes more that a talisman." page 665