Robert Jordan Quotes - 3
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Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind.
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More Robert Jordan Quotes - 3
Yes, Betrayer of Hope. So have men named me, just as they named you Dragon, but unlike you I embrace the name. They gave me the name to revile me, but I will yet make them kneel and worship it.
Robert Jordan— Elan Morin Tedronai to Lews Therin Telamon
The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death.
Robert Jordan— The Eye of the World (1990), said by al'Lan Mandragoran.
There is an old saying here in the Borderlands: "Better to have one woman on your side than ten men."
Robert Jordan— al'Lan Mandragoran
A man who will not die to save a woman is no man.
Robert Jordan— Shienaran saying
When there are fish heads and blood in the water, you don’t need to see the silverpike to know they are there.
Robert Jordan— Siuan Sanche
Men! Too blind to see what a stone could see, and too stubborn to be trusted to think for themselves.
Robert Jordan— Min Farshaw (The Dragon Reborn (15 October 1991))
To anger an Aes Sedai is to put your head in a hornets’ nest.
Robert Jordan— Loial (The Dragon Reborn (15 October 1991))
Are you so eager to destroy us?
Robert Jordan— Amys to Rand al'Thor
You have to understand, child. Everyone wants someone in their life, someone who cares for them, someone they can care for. Even a queen.
Robert Jordan— Thom Merrilin
Humankind is made for uncertainty, struggle, choice and change.
Robert Jordan— Amys
If you plan for the worst, all surprises are pleasant.
Robert Jordan— Gaul (The Shadow Rising (15 September 1992))
Take what you want, and pay for it.
Robert Jordan— Cairhien saying
When the honey’s out of the comb, there’s no putting it back.
Robert Jordan— Lini (The Fires of Heaven (15 October 1993))
Better to face the bear than run from it.
Robert Jordan— Lini (The Fires of Heaven (15 October 1993))
Even a queen stubs her toe, but a wise woman watches the path.
Robert Jordan— Lini (The Fires of Heaven (15 October 1993))
It was easier to trip a fool than to knock him down.
Robert Jordan— Moiraine Damodred
An Aiel, Hal, can hide in a fold in the ground you wouldn’t even stumble over.
Robert Jordan— Gawyn Trakand
A slow horse does not always reach the end of the journey.
Robert Jordan— Lini (Lord of Chaos (15 October 1994))
Dance well with a woman, and she’s halfway yours.
Robert Jordan— Matrim Cauthon
First things first; take care of what can be done now before worrying too long over what might never be.
Robert Jordan— Verin Mathwin
What you want is what you cannot have. What you cannot have is what you want.
Robert Jordan— Lews Therin Telamon
The yellowfly is almost too small to see, but if you leave its egg in your skin, you will lose an arm or leg before it hatches - if it does not kill you.
Robert Jordan— Rhuarc (Lord of Chaos (15 October 1994))
You trouble me so, Rand al’Thor. Light, sometimes I think the Creator made you just to trouble me.
Robert Jordan— Aviendha to Rand al'Thor
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.
Robert Jordan— Nandera to Rand al'Thor
Often you don't know whether a woman is friend, enemy or lover until it is too late. Sometimes, she is all three.
Robert Jordan— Thom Merrilin
Cheer the bull, or cheer the bear; cheer both, and you will be trampled and eaten.
Robert Jordan— Old saying in Randland
If you don't know everything, you must go on with what you do know.
Robert Jordan— Rand al'Thor
I killed the whole world, and you can too, if you try hard.
Robert Jordan— Lews Therin Telamon
There is some delight in ale and wine And some in girls with ankles fine But my delight, yes always mine Is to dance with Jak O’ the Shadows We will toss the dice however they fall And snuggle the girls be they short or tall Then follow lord Mat whenever he calls To dance with Jak O’ the Shadows.
Robert Jordan— Band of the Red Hand's rendition of the song Dance With the Jak O' Shadows
I thought you saidar-ed it.
Robert Jordan— Mat Cauthon
