Robert Jordan Quotes

Dance with her, and she will forgive much. Dance well, and she will forgive anything.

The way back will come but once. Be steadfast.

As my Lord says, my Lord's leg is not a side of beef. Thank you, my Lord, for instructing me.

A weeping woman is a bucket with no bottom.

At my age, if I make it up, it's still an old saying.

Kneel and swear to the Lord Dragon, or you will be knelt.

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.

First things first; take care of what can be done now before worrying too long over what might never be.

When the honey's out of the comb, there's no putting it back.

I always get what I want in the end. And I think I want...ornamental ironwork. For the windows of my bedchamber.

A fool puts her hand into a hollow tree without finding out what's inside first.

Nobody tells us how to be men. We just are.

You cannot please everyone. You cannot soothe everyone.

Tonight you will eat fish. Tomorrow, you may die.

When a woman says she will obey you, of her own will, it is time to sleep lightly and watch your back.

The best lie is often one too ridiculous to be taken for a lie.

Better to face the bear than run from it.

Women do not become exhausted they only exhaust others.

Taren Ferry folk had a reputation for slyness and trickery. If you shook hands with a Taren Ferry man, people said, you counted your fingers afterwards.

Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses.

If you can't hide what you are going to do, do it so everybody thinks you are a fool.

We rode on the winds of the rising storm, We ran to the sounds of the thunder. We danced among the lightning bolts, and tore the world asunder.

No man should have another man's voice in his head.

Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.

A slow horse does not always reach the end of the journey.

Love is an odd thing. As odd a thing as there is.

The Empress will follow where you go," she said. "So she will," Mat said. "As I'll follow where she goes, I suppose. I hope that doesn't lead us in too many circles.

It's too late to change your mind after you've jumped off the cliff.

The fox often offers the duck its pond.

The Wheel of Time and the wheel of a man's life turn alike without pity or mercy.

If a woman does need a hero, she needs him today, not tomorrow.

The end is near," Moridin said. "The Wheel has groaned its final rotation, the clock has lost its spring, the serpent heaves its final gasps.

Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again.

What is too absurd to be believed is believed because it is too absurd to be a lie.

Does it make you brave to stick your hand in a bear's mouth? Would you do it again just because you didn't die?

A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy.

Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won.

Advice!Nobody tells us how to be men. We just are." "That is probably why you make such a bad job of it.- Perrin and Egwene

Facing them (men) with knives and spears was much easier than loving them, much easier.

It's not evil, Rand. I know something evil when I smell it. This isn't evil, it's just incredibly stupid.

A secret spoken finds wings.

Strange clothes you wear, Child of the Dragon. Has the Wheel turned so far? Do the People of the Dragon return to the first Covenant? But you wear a sword. That is neither now nor then.

I doubt you can understand the magnitude of the stupidity in your statement

Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes.

Victory settles a lot of arguments in most men's heads.

A beautiful battle is one you don't have to fight

Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.

The lions sing and the hills take flight. The moon by day, and the sun by night. Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool. Let the Lord of Chaos rule.

Most of those we call heroes only did what they had to do.

What is already woven cannot be undone. It will not make the trees grow again for you to bring the building down on our heads.