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James Oliver Rigney Jr. , better known by his pen name Robert Jordan, was an American author of epic fantasy. He is best known for the Wheel of Time series, which was finished by Brandon Sanderson upon Jordan's death, which comprises 14 books and a prequel novel. He is one of several writers to have written original Conan the Barbarian novels; his are highly acclaimed to this day. Rigney also wrote historical fiction under his pseudonym Reagan O'Neal, a western as Jackson O'Reilly, and dance criticism as Chang Lung. Additionally, he ghostwrote an "international thriller" that is still believed to have been written by someone else. Wikipedia  

✵ 17. October 1948 – 16. September 2007  •  Other names جيمس أوليفر ريجني, رابرت جوردن
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Robert Jordan Quotes

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

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Rand al'Thor to Asmodean
(15 October 1993)

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

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Siuan Sanche
(15 October 1991)

“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.”

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Jorin din Jubai White Wing
(15 September 1992)

“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.”

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Caldin
(15 October 1994)

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

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Lini
(15 October 1994)

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

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Lini
(15 October 1993)

“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.”

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Faile Bashere
(15 September 1992)

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

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Thom Merrilin
(15 September 1992)

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

Robert Jordan A Crown of Swords

Old saying in Randland
A Crown of Swords (15 May 1996)

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

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Lini
(15 October 1993)

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

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Lews Therin Telamon
(15 October 1994)

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

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Lady Faile ni Bashere t'Aybara, wife of Lord Perrin Goldeneyes
(27 October 2009)

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

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Lini
(15 October 1993)

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

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Aiel on the Three Fold Land
(15 November 1990)

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

Robert Jordan A Crown of Swords

Amys
A Crown of Swords (15 May 1996)

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

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Lini
(15 September 1992)

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

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Arad Doman saying
(15 October 1993)

“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.”

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Thom Merrilin to Nynaeve al'Meara
(15 October 1994)

“I think the woman was born in Far Madding in a thunderstorm. She probably told the thunder to be quiet. It probably did.”

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Basel Gill, referring to Lini
(9 November 2000)

“I lead no armies, Warder. I command nothing save myself, and not always that.”

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Asmodean to al'Lan Mandragoran
(15 October 1993)

“A man who will not die to save a woman is no man.”

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Shienaran saying
(15 November 1990)

“Stopping a man from what he wants to do is like taking a sweet from a child. Sometimes you have to do it, but sometimes it just isn’t worth the trouble.”

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Egwene al'Vere
(15 October 1993)

“When you have never known a thing except to dream, it becomes more than a talisman.”

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al'Lan Mandragoran
(15 January 1990)

“Think if you want to stay alive. Fear will kill you if you don't control it.”

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Elyas Machera
(15 January 1990)

“When the honey’s out of the comb, there’s no putting it back.”

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Lini
(15 October 1993)

“Honor? Maybe they're letting him sleep on silk, but a prisoner is still a prisoner.”

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Perrin Aybara about Rand al'Thor
(15 October 1994)

“The end is near," Moridin said. "The Wheel has groaned its final rotation, the clock has lost its spring, the serpent heaves its final gasps. He must know pain of heart. He must know frustration, and he must know anguish. Bring these to him. And you will be rewarded.”

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Moridin, Nae'blis, speaking to the Forsaken Graendal
The Gathering Storm (27 October 2009)

“I have heard it said that a man caught between his wife and a Wise One often wishes for a dozen old enemies to fight instead. A man caught between a wife and three Wise Ones, and the wife a Wise One herself, must consider trying to slay Sightblinder.”

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Aviendha
(15 October 1991)

“If you pursue two hares, both will escape you.”

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Old saying in Randland
(15 October 1994)

“A bloody hero. Thom, if I ever look like acting the hero again, you kick me."
"And what would you have done differently?”

Robert Jordan The Dragon Reborn

"Just kick me!"
Matrim Cauthon and Thom Merrilin
The Dragon Reborn (15 October 1991)

“We are all fools sometimes, child, yet a wise woman learns to limit how often.”

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Lelaine Akashi to Nynaeve al'Meara
(15 October 1994)

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

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Asmodean
(15 October 1993)

“At the end of time,
when the many become one,
the last storm shall gather
its angry winds
to destroy a land already dying.
And at its center, the blind man shall stand
upon his own grave.
There he shall see again,
and weep for what has been wrought.”

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Ending
(27 October 2009)

“The more bosom a woman displayed, the less she wanted you to look. Openly, at least.”

Robert Jordan A Crown of Swords

Matrim Cauthon
A Crown of Swords (15 May 1996)

“Nimble finger and nimble wits will take you a good deal further than a sword and muscles. Sharp eyes help as well, but fortunately, I have these things.”

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Faile Bashere
(15 October 1991)

“If it hurts too much, make it hurt someone else instead.”

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Lews Therin Telamon
(15 October 1994)

“What you want is what you cannot have. What you cannot have is what you want.”

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Lews Therin Telamon
(15 October 1994)

“Better to face the bear than run from it.”

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Lini
(15 October 1993)

“A flapping tongue can put you in the net instead of the fish.”

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Siuan Sanche
(15 October 1993)

“It's never over, al'Thor. The battle's never done.”

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Padan Fain to Rand al'Thor
(15 November 1990)

“A man's dreams are a maze even he cannot know.”

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Bair
(15 October 1994)

“That was all he ever really wanted from women; a smile, a dance, a kiss, and to be remembered fondly.”

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Matrim Cauthon
(15 October 1993)

“My mother always told me the best way to learn to deal with a man was to learn to ride a mule. She said they have about equal brains most of the time. Sometimes the mule is smarter.”

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Egwene al'Vere
(15 November 1990)

“When you leap from a cliff, it is too late for anything but holding to your courage. And hoping there's a haywain at the bottom to land in.”

Robert Jordan A Crown of Swords

Deira ni Ghaline t'Bashere
A Crown of Swords (15 May 1996)

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

Robert Jordan The Path of Daggers

Lews Therin Telamon
The Path of Daggers (20 October 1998)

“Here, southlander, you can't quit while you are winning. Better than when I'm losing.”

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Man in Fal Dara and Matrim Cauthon
(15 November 1990)

“You must surrender before you can guide.”

Robert Jordan Lord of Chaos

Theodrin Dabei to Nynaeve al'Meara
Lord of Chaos (15 October 1994)

“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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Nynaeve al'Meara
(15 October 1993)