Robert Jordan Quotes

I've seen men die because they were sure that what should not happen,would not. -Robert Jordan(The eye of the world,Wheel of time)

A wise ruler takes advice, but should never be seen to take it. Let them think you know more than you do. It will not harm them, and it will help you.

i can't understand her" well son, you might as well try to understand the sun". derived form the book:fires of heaven by robert jordan.

An open sack hides nothing, And an open door hides little, but an open man is surely hiding something. lini is quoted by Nynaeve.

Beauty holds more worth than gold.

There are no clear paths. Only pitfalls and tripwires and darkness.

For the young, death is an enemy they wish to try their strength against. For those of us a little older, she is an old friend, an old lover, but one we are not eager to meet again soon.

A Myrddraal has less cunning than a woman, and a Trolloc fights with more honor. And a goat has more sense.

It's never over, al'Thor. The battle's never done.

Young men and fools sometimes bear pain they do not have to as a badge of their pride. Or their foolishness.

Stopping a man from what he wants to do is like taking a sweet from a child. Sometimes you have to do it, but sometimes it just isn't worth the trouble.

Clutch the bramble and you will be pricked.

Keep your mind out of the pigsty, man!

The wheel of a man's life. No mercy. No pity.

Bound by the Oath against lying, Aes Sedai had carried the halftruth, the quarter-truth and the implication to arts.

It is the enemy you underestimate who kills you.

I may be a fool, but I intend to be a live fool.

Some said Delana was sucessful as a mediator because both sides would agree just to make her stop staring at them.

Still waters run deep. All things change until we wake. Dreams drift in the wind.

Two hands. One to destroy, the other to save. Which had he lost?

A Warder once told me Trollocs call the Aiel Waste 'the Dying Ground.' I mean to make them give that name to the Two Rivers.

Tuon's eyes snapped open, and despite the dim light, she focused directly on Mat. She saw the knife in his hand, ready to throw. Then she looked over her shoulder.

It has been quite a weight, hasn't it?" Tam asked. "What weight?" Rand replied. "That lost hand you've been carrying." Rand looked down at his stump. "Yes. I believe it has been at that.

The leaf lives its appointed time, and does not struggle against the wind that carries it away. The leaf does no harm, and finally falls to nourish new leaves. So it should be with all men and women.

Well, I can admire stubbornness in a man. There is little to a man who's too easily biddable.

Two days' hunger made a fine sauce for anything.

If you wish, you may call me Rand Sedai.

You could weave silk from pig bristles before you could make a man anything but a man.

To lead is neither to push or pull.

Whatever can be done, can be undone.

An arrow may not be a shocklance, yet it can still kill you.

Schemes within schemes. The Great Serpent is a good sign for you Aes Sedai, I think. Someday you may swallow yourselves by accident.

If it's not forbidden, then it's allowed

You break your neck, and I’ll see it mended just so I can break it again.

If wishes had wings, sheep would fly.

There's no time for winking at the men when you're busy bailing the boat.

Jump in a hole without looking, and there'll be a snake in it every time.

Sometimes six and six make a dozen, and sometimes they make a mess

The arrogance of men never ceases to amaze me. You all think everything has to do with you, and every woman has to desire you.

There was a wild light in his eyes. "Bring your lightnings, Aes Sedai. I will dance with them.

A man can get killed in there.

Pessimism, she is a fond friend of yours, yes?" - That's uncalled for. I barely know her. Mere acquaintances, at best.

I had long wondered," Lan said to Tam. "About the man who had given Rand that heron-marked blade. I wondered if he had truly earned it. Now I know." Lan raised his own sword in salute.

Mat had tried to make her say she saw a hat floating around Mat's head. That would persuade Tuon to stop trying to get rid of his, would it not?

I've come to give you your gift back, Mordeth," Cauthon whispered. "I consider our debt paid in full.

As he did so, a wind rose up around him, around the man who had been called lord, Dragon Reborn, king, killer, lover and friend.

He doesn't know what to make of me," Mat said softly. "How very uncommon. I can't think of anyone else who has reacted that way to you, Mat.

A spoonful of hope and a cup of despair

Maybe there would be a Tinker city someday, too. They would buy up all of the colored dye, and everyone else in the world would ave to wear brown.' -Mat

No. Please do not name either child after me, Elayne. Let them live their own lives. My shadow will be long enough as it is.' -Rand