Robert Jordan Quotes - Page 11

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• I think that quite often you can only find a choice between bad and worse. But I think it's worth making the effort, and I like to expose my characters to that sort of situation.

  Robert Jordan

  Character, Thinking, Choices

  "Robert Jordan chats about his 'Wheel of Time' series". Live chat, edition.cnn.com. December 12, 2000.

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• I'm not certain that I draw from any one culture more than others. Many myths and legends of many different cultures are really the same story when you get to the heart of it. They are often cultural cautionary tales about how we should behave and how we should live.

  Robert Jordan

  Heart, Different, Culture

  "Robert Jordan chats about his 'Wheel of Time' series". Live chat, edition.cnn.com. December 12, 2000.

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• As the Wheel of Time turns, places wear many names. Men wear many names, many faces. Different faces, but always the same man. Yet no one knows the Great Pattern the Wheel weaves, or even the Pattern of an Age. We can only watch, and study, and hope.

  Robert Jordan

  Men, Different Faces, Names

  Robert Jordan (2000). “The Eye of the World: Book One of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.46, Macmillan

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

  Robert Jordan

  Pigs, Fool, Acorns

  Robert Jordan (2000). “The Eye of the World: Book One of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.488, Macmillan

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• Teach him how you will, a pig will never play the flute.

  Robert Jordan

  Pigs, Play, Flutes

  Robert Jordan (2016). “The Wheel of Time: Books 1–4”, p.232, Macmillan

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• Never kiss a girl whose brothers have knife scars.

  Robert Jordan

  Girl, Brother, Kissing

  "The Fires of Heaven". Book by Robert Jordan, 1993.

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

  Robert Jordan

  Time, Men, Busy

  Robert Jordan (2010). “The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.29, Macmillan

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

  Robert Jordan

  Time, Sleep, Watches

  Robert Jordan (2010). “The Fires of Heaven: Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.384, Macmillan

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• 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.

  Robert Jordan

  Kings, Men, Dragons

  Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (2013). “A Memory of Light”, p.929, Macmillan

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

  Robert Jordan

  Stupid, Smell, Evil

  Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (2013). “A Memory of Light”, p.282, Macmillan

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• You're welcome in my house when this is over. We'll open a cask of Master al'Vere's best brandy. We'll remember those who fell, and we'll tell our children how we stood when the clouds turned black and the world started to die. We'll tell them we stood shoulder to shoulder, and there was just no space for the Shadow to squeeze through.

  Robert Jordan

  Children, Clouds, Space

  Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (2013). “A Memory of Light”, p.277, Macmillan

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• 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?

  Robert Jordan

  Hands, Brave, Doe

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

  Robert Jordan

  Age, Old Saying, Wot

  Robert Jordan (2010). “The Fires of Heaven: Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.361, Tor Books

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

  Robert Jordan

  Hands, Two, Lost

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• 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.

  Robert Jordan

  Circles, Empresses, Said

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• I will hate the man you choose because he is not me, and love him if he makes you smile. No woman deserves the sure knowledge of widow’s black as her brideprice, you least of all.

  Robert Jordan

  Time, Hate, Men

  Robert Jordan (2016). “The Wheel of Time: Books 1–4”, p.436, Macmillan

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• Remember that any meal can be your last. You chose to travel with us, so tonight you will eat fish. Tomorrow, you may die.

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  Meals, Tonight, May

  Robert Jordan (2002). “The Dragon Reborn: Book Three of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.494, Macmillan

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• 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.

  Robert Jordan

  Struggle, Fall, Men

  Robert Jordan (2000). “The Eye of the World: Book One of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.351, Macmillan

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

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  Time, Men, Wheels

  Robert Jordan (2010). “Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.370, Macmillan

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• Kill a man who needs killing, and sometimes others pay for it. The question is, was it worth doing it anyway? There's always a balance, you know. Good and evil. Light and Shadow. We would not be human if there wasn't a balance.

  Robert Jordan

  Men, Light, Evil

  Robert Jordan (2016). “The Wheel of Time: Books 1–4”, p.1344, Macmillan

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• Clutch the bramble and you will be pricked.

  Robert Jordan

  Clutch

  Robert Jordan (2010). “Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.84, Macmillan

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• I killed the whole world, and you can too, if you try hard.

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  Trying, World, Whole

  Robert Jordan (2010). “The Path of Daggers: Book Eight of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.469, Macmillan

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• 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

  Robert Jordan

  Jobs, Men, Advice

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• 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.

  Robert Jordan

  Memories, Dragons, Shadow

  Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (2013). “A Memory of Light”, p.6, Macmillan

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• Prophecy is most dangerous when you try to make it happen... The Pattern weaves itself around you, but when you try to weave it, even you cannot hold it.

  Robert Jordan

  Trying, Patterns, Dangerous

  Robert Jordan (2010). “The Shadow Rising: Book 4 of the Wheel of Time”, p.596, Hachette UK

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