“Taking responsibility takes all the joy out of life, and drains a man to dust.”

“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. -Matrim Cauthon”

“Relax, lad. Take life as it comes. Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.”

“Take what you want, and pay for it.”

“The lions sing and the hills take flight. The moon by day, and the sun by night. Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool. Let the Lord of Chaos rule. -chant from a children's game heard in Great Arvalon, the Fourth Age”

“A wise ruler takes advice, but should never be seen to take it. Let them think you know more than you do. It will not harm them, and it will help you.”

“Reading is like breathing. If you take it away, first I become antsy, then violent.”