My mom and aunt had both read it, but neither actually loved it. I heard them and grew interested and read NS when I was ten. After that, I read all the others and really loved them.
One of my favorites is - " You can never know everything and part of what you know is always wrong, perhaps even the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that and a portion of courage lies in going on anyway."
I actually first read New Spring(by mistake). I managed to understand what was going on in the series and why, so when I read the Eye of the world it was better than it would have been. I can't say that at the time I thought of either one as very interesting, but I got to know and love some of...