Robert Jordan citations

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“Never kiss a girl whose brothers have knife scars.”

“Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind.”

“Once you decide to gut a fish, there’s no use waiting till it rots.”

“Should and would build no bridges.”

“A flapping tongue has killed more men than sudden storms ever did.”

“We are alike in many ways, you and I. There is a darkness in us. Darkness, pain, death. They radiate from us. If ever you love a woman, Rand, leave her and let her find another. It will be the best gift you can give her.”

“You never escape the traps you spin yourself. Only a greater power can break a power, and then you're trapped again. Trapped forever so you cannot die.”

“Clutch the bramble and you will be pricked.”

“I will use anybody I must. You said it yourself; I am who I am. And I'm using myself up, Perrin, because I have to. Just like I'll use anybody I have to. We don't have a choice anymore. Not me, not you, not anybody!”

“An arrow may not be a shocklance, yet it can still kill you.”

“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.”