Robert Jordan Quotes - Page 7

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• The best way to avoid trouble is to make sure no one wants to trouble you.

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  Want, Way, Trouble

  Robert Jordan (2010). “Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.298, Macmillan

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• 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.

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  Dark, Long, Ends

  Robert Jordan (2010). “Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.443, Macmillan

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• Has anyone ever told you that you should wear a hat? It would fit the missing eye quite well.' -Kathana to Mat

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  Eye, Missing, Hats

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• In Shinear, a woman [is] safe anywhere, any time-except from Trollocs and Myrddraal, of course-and any man [will] die to see it so.

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  Men, Safe, Courses

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• Women often seemed to leave things unsaid, and in his limited experience it was what they did not say that proved the most trouble.

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  Trouble, Unsaid

  Robert Jordan (2009). “The Great Hunt: Book Two of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.289, Macmillan

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• 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.

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  Men, Hands, People

  Robert Jordan (2000). “The Eye of the World: Book One of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.160, Macmillan

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

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  Love Is, Odd Things, Odd

  Robert Jordan (2009). “The Great Hunt: Book Two of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.33, Macmillan

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

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  Horse, Journey, Doe

  Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, Maria Simons (2015). “The Wheel of Time Companion: The People, Places and History of the Bestselling Series”, p.420, Macmillan

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• Once you decide to gut a fish, there's no use waiting till it rots.

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  Waiting, Use, Fishes

  Robert Jordan (2002). “The Dragon Reborn: Book Three of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.244, Macmillan

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• It seems to me that kings and queens can be fools when they forget what they are and act like who they are, but they're worse when they only remember what they are and forget who.

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  Kings, Queens, Fool

  Robert Jordan (2010). “The Fires of Heaven: Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.279, Macmillan

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• 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.

  Robert Jordan

  Men, Dust, Heaven

  Robert Jordan (2000). “The Eye of the World: Book One of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.224, Macmillan

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• The way back will come but once. Be steadfast.

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  Way, Steadfast

  Robert Jordan (2002). “The Dragon Reborn: Book Three of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.250, Macmillan

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• You have to have talent to some extent - I certainly hope I have talent - but you have to have luck as well. Once you get that first shot, that will get you noticed for the rest of your books and that will give the rest of your books a better chance.

  Robert Jordan

  Book, Giving, Luck

  "Fantasy novelist Robert Jordan dies at age 58", www.today.com. September 17, 2007.

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• Juilin," she asked hesitantly, "what were you going to do with the salt and cooking oil? Not exactly," she added more quickly. "Just a general idea." He looked at her for a moment. "I do not know. But they did not, either. That is the trick of it; their minds made up worse then I ever could. I have seen a tough man break when I sent for a basket of figs and some mice.

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  Men, Ideas, Oil

  Robert Jordan (2010). “The Fires of Heaven: Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.227, Macmillan

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• A flapping tongue has killed more men than sudden storms ever did.

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  Men, Storm, Tongue

  Robert Jordan (2002). “The Dragon Reborn: Book Three of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.232, Macmillan

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• I do not like odd things until I can understand them.

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  Odd Things, Odd, I Can

  Robert Jordan (2009). “The Great Hunt: Book Two of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.232, Macmillan

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

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  Beef, Legs, Sides

  Robert Jordan (2010). “Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.457, Macmillan

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• 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.

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  Wise, Thinking, Advice

  Robert Jordan (2010). “The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.167, Macmillan

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• If you ask the lion to protect from from wolves, you have only chosen to end in one belly instead of another.

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  Lions, Ends, Protect

  Robert Jordan (2010). “The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.448, Macmillan

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

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  Men, Littles, Wheel Of Time

  Robert Jordan (2009). “The Great Hunt: Book Two of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.257, Macmillan

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

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  Dozen, Six, Sometimes

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• If wishes had wings, sheep would fly.

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  Sheep, Wings, Wish

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• 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.

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  Eye, Light, Hands

  Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (2013). “A Memory of Light”, p.316, Macmillan

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• By the way, I saved Moiraine. Chew on that as you try to decide which of the two of us is winning." -Mat

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  Winning, Two, Trying

  Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (2013). “A Memory of Light”, p.345, Macmillan

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• 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.

  Robert Jordan

  Thinking, Way, Said

  Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (2013). “A Memory of Light”, p.498, Macmillan

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