Robert Jordan Quotes

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“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“A fool puts her hand into a hollow tree without finding out what’s inside first.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“You must surrender before you can guide.”

“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.”