Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can. This says Elias to the young village bumpkin, Perrin, who is eager to be hasty. Words to live by, for those who wish to take life as it comes. Phrases like this have stuck with me over the years. Ones like this. Always there as a constant reminder to not take up fights unless I must, to rest when I have the opportunity.
So, today I rest. Tomorrow I run, Monday I fight!
Guy Reams
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