Robert Jordan
232 quotes
Biography
"Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget."
"You have made a place in my heart where I thought there was no room for anything else. You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones. Remember this, on this journey you insist on making. If you die, I will not survive you long."
"Til shade is gone, til water is goneInto the shadow with teeth baredScreaming defiance with the last breathTo spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day."
"Time to toss the dice"
"One more dance along the razor's edge finished. Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today."
"Death comes to us all; we can only choose how to face it when it comes."
"If you don't know everything, you must go on with what you do know."
"There is some delight in ale and wineAnd some in girls with ankles fineBut my delight, yes always mineIs to dance with Jak O’ the ShadowsWe will toss the dice however they fallAnd snuggle the girls be they short or tallThen follow Lord Mat whenever he callsTo dance with Jak O’ the Shadows."
"You can never know everything. Part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of knowledge lies in going on anyway."
"I do not like odd things until I can understand them."
"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."
"The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again."
"In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes."
"Weep for what is lost forever."
"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."
"Think if you want to stay alive. Fear will kill you if you don't control it."
"You'll use it [Perrin's axe], boy, and as long as you hate using it, you would use it more wisely than most men would. Wait. If ever you don't hate it any longer, then will be the time to throw it as far as you can and run the other way."
"Nobody tells us how to be men. We just are."
"The best lie is often one too ridiculous to be taken for a lie."
"The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying."
"The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death."
"When you have never known a thing except to dream, it becomes more than a talisman."
"I will never shame you. 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."
"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."
"Teach him how you will, a pig will never play the flute."