Robert Jordan Quotes
My mother always told me the best way to learn to deal with a man was to learn to ride a mule. She said they have about equal brains most of the time. Sometimes the mule is smarter.
The road ahead of you is long, dark, and, I very much fear, bloodstained. I also very much fear that you will take us all down that road. But you must live to reach the end of it.
A man must know when to retreat from a woman, but a wise man knows that sometimes he must stand and face her.
All was shattered, and all but memory lost, and one memory above all others, of him who brought the Shadow and the Breaking of the World. And him they named Dragon.
But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.
If the world is ending, a woman will want to fix her hair. If the world's ending, a woman will take the time to tell a man something he's done wrong.
Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. -- Mat Cauthon
Storms rumble beyond the horizon, and the fires of heaven purge the earth. There is no salvation without destruction, no hope this side of death.
The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
hope is like a piece of string when you’re drowning; it just isn’t enough to get you out by itself.
If you don't know everything, you must go on with what you do know.
Always something new, always something I didn't expect, and sometimes it isn't horrible.
Young men can be impetuous, young men can be rush, young men can be fools, but the Car'a'carn cannot let himself be a young man.
Men," Thom murmured. "Men who shook the pillars of heaven and rocked the world on its foundations." He shook his head. "It doesn't matter. Forget about them. They are dust now.
One pretty woman means fun at the dance. Two pretty women means trouble in the house. Three pretty women means run at the hills.
The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death.
Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.
May you shelter in the palm of the Creator's hand, and may the last embrace of the mother welcome you home.
First things first; take care of what can be done now before worrying too long over what might never be.
Never prod at a woman unless you must. She will kill you faster than a man and for less reason, even if she weeps over it after.
As my Lord says, my Lord's leg is not a side of beef. Thank you, my Lord, for instructing me.
