A Memory of Light (Wheel of Time, #14)

by Robert Jordan

“If you fight,” Talmanes said, “I’ll promise you a great reward.” The man waited. “I promise you that you’ll continue to draw breath,” Talmanes said, taking another puff.

Love this. No time for the bull.

“Taim is a monster!” Androl growled. “You know that. You take his word on what you can do, and you do it without my permission?”

So man of the aes sedai are unlikable......

Rand raised an eyebrow. “The third and final price—the last thing you will pay me in exchange for my life on the slopes of Shayol Ghul—is this: I command your armies for the Last Battle. Utterly and completely. You do as I say, go where I say, fight where I say.”

It makes sense tho... Idk why they are trippin. All old oaths and banners are broken before the dragon.

Know this. You cannot talk me out of my designs. You cannot make me obey you. No force of arms, nor weave of the One Power, can make me face the Dark One for you. I must do it of my own choice.”

For real. You have to accept that you need him and cant control him.

I figured that once you’ve decided to jump off a cliff, you might as well pick the highest one. Why accept the risk, if not for the greatest prize?

He's quickly becoming one of my favorite characters. So endearing .

He rubbed his forehead. In the dim light of the setting sun, he looked older, his face wrinkled, his hands frail. It was as if this battle had stolen decades from him.

That is great wordplay to paint the picture

“Some empresses might be able to do that,” Knotai said. “But not you. Right? Light, Tuon. You gave him your word.”

Almost pleading, he wants desperately to belive in her. That she is better than most.