Robert Jordan: Trending quotes (page 12)

“I will see you tonight. Or I will see you dead.”

“When there are fish heads and blood in the water, you don’t need to see the silverpike to know they are there.”

“A ship is alive, and he is like a man, with a true man’s heart. Treat him well and care for him properly, and he will fight for you against the worst sea. He will fight to keep you alive even after the sea has long since given him his own deathstroke. Neglect him, though, ignore the small warnings he gives of danger, and he will drown you in a flat sea beneath a cloudless sky.”

“A crafty enemy will set a weak ambush you are meant to break through. Confident because you have dealt with the threat, your guard relaxed, you walk into the second, stronger ambush.”

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

“A gnarled old branch dulls the blade that severs a sapling.”

“I’ll not have you bleeding to death on me. That would be just like you, to die and leave me the work of burying you. You have no consideration.”

“You have to understand, child. Everyone wants someone in their life, someone who cares for them, someone they can care for. Even a queen.”

“The best way to apologize to a man is to trip him in a secluded part of the garden.”

“A jealous wife is like a hornets’ nest in your mattress.”

“"Wish" and "want" trip the feet, but "is" makes the path smoother.”

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

“Sometimes, a wife must do what her husband cannot.”

“If you don’t look for snakes, you cannot complain when one bites you.”

“A shaping stone, to make us; a testing ground to prove our worth; and a punishment for the sin.”

“It is the enemy you underestimate who kills you.”

“A weeping woman is a bucket with no bottom.”

“The more women there are about, the softer a wise man steps.”

“By the look of you, Nynaeve, I could almost think you were angry, but I know you have such a sweet disposition people ask you to dabble your fingers in their tea.”