“They’ve really done it. They’ve gone and made a king out of you. What happened to the gangly boy, so wide-eyed at Bel Tine? Where’s the uncertain lad I raised all those years?”
“He’s dead,” Rand said immediately.
- Gathering Storm
“Do you believe that if I simply willed it, the Pattern would bend around me and stop your heart? By . . . coincidence?”
- Also WoT, I just can't be bothered finding where
Death is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain
- al'Lan Mandragoran, last King of Malkier
“That mountain can grow awfully heavy sometimes,” he sighed, taking a spear and buckler from Rhuarc. “When do you find a chance to put it down awhile?”
“When you die,” Lan said simply
- WoT Shadow Rising