The Wheel of Time. Book 4. The Shadow Rising

If you plan for the worst, all surprises are pleasant.

‘Borrow trouble, and you repay tenfold.’

Do not trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.’

Kneeling, he gathered Siedre in his arms.

Sometimes he thought women all belonged to a guild, the way craftsmen in cities did. Put a foot wrong with one, and the next ten you met knew of it, and disapproved.

As well try to understand the sun, Perrin. It simply is, and it is not to be understood. You cannot live without it, but it exacts a price. So with women