Robert Jordan: Trending quotes (page 15)

“If you are not mine, then you are dead.”

“Jump in a hole without looking, and there’ll be a snake in it every time.”

“When a woman plays the fool, look for the man. That was one of Lini's favorites. Another was, Kittens tangle your yarn, men tangle your wits, and it's simple as breathing for both.”

“Not thinking about a thorn doesn’t make it hurt your foot less.”

“Even a queen stubs her toe, but a wise woman watches the path.”

“I expect a civil word for a civil word!”

“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.”

“Let the lord of chaos rule.”

“What you need isn’t always what you want.”

“How was he to cause war, as the prophecies say he must? How was he to break the nations and bind them to him? How could he 'slay his people with the sword of peace' or 'bind the nine moons to serve him' if he was locked away? Do the prophecies say that he will be 'unfettered'? Do they not speak of the 'chaos of his passing?”

“A man’s word must be as good as an oath sworn beneath the Light or it was no good at all.”

“Break the seals. Break the seals, and end it. Let me die forever.”

“Only a fool thinks his enemies stand still when he isn't looking, my Lord Dragon.”

“Men! When you cannot win an argument, you either run away or resort to force.”

“An Aes Sedai never lies, but the truth she speaks, may not be the truth you think you hear.”

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

“All men dream. But I know dreams for dreams. This is reality.”

“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.”

“Victors write history.”