Robert Jordan citations

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“But it was an ending.”

“It is every man's right to choose when to Sheathe the Sword."
--- Ingtar Shinowa ---”

“If it's not forbidden, then it's allowed”

“I've seen men die because they were sure that what should not happen, would not.
-Robert Jordan(The eye of the world, Wheel of time)”

“The Golden Crane flies for Tarmon Gai'don!”

“I had long wondered," Lan said to Tam. "About the man who had given Rand that heron-marked blade. I wondered if he had truly earned it. Now I know." Lan raised his own sword in salute.”

“If you watch the wolf too hard, a mouse will bite you on the ankle”

“If wishes were wings, pigs would fly.”

“At my age, if I make it up, it’s still an old saying.”

“As the Wheel of Time turns, places wear many names. Men wear many names, many faces. Different faces, but always the same man. Yet no one knows the Great Pattern the Wheel weaves, or even the Pattern of an Age. We can only watch, and study, and hope.”

“All was shattered, and all but memory lost, and one memory above all others, of him who brought the Shadow and the Breaking of the World. And him they named Dragon.”

“There was a wild light in his eyes. "Bring your lightnings, Aes Sedai. I will dance with them.”

“Hardness shatters; strength endures.”

“A pig painted gold is still a pig.”

“hope is like a piece of string when you’re drowning; it just isn’t enough to get you out by itself.”

“A young wolfhound must meet his first wolf someday, but if the wolf sees him as a puppy, if he acts the puppy, the wolf will surely kill him. The wolfhound must be a wolfhound in the wolf's eyes even more than in his own, if he is to survive.”

“A secret spoken finds wings.”

“It was easier to be brave when someone needed your protection.”

“On the heights, the paths are paved with daggers.”

“You're not asking me to guess the mind of Matrim Cauthon, are you?" Elayne asked. "I'm convinced that Mat only acts simple so that people will let him get away with more.”

“You'll use it [Perrin's axe], boy, and as long as you hate using it, you would use it more wisely than most men would. Wait. If ever you don't hate it any longer, then will be the time to throw it as far as you can and run the other way.”

“If you ask the lion to protect from from wolves, you have only chosen to end in one belly instead of another.”

“The only way was forward, whatever lay at the end.”

“Does it make you brave to stick your hand in a bear's mouth? Would you do it again just because you didn't die?”

“Men," Thom murmured. "Men who shook the pillars of heaven and rocked the world on its
foundations." He shook his head. "It doesn't matter. Forget about them. They are dust now.”

“Listen sharp, think deep, and guard your tongue- Tam al'Thor”

“She understood his eyes, colder than winter's heart. A man who knew he was dead and couldn't make himself care; you are spared that. Mashiara. His lost love.”

“He doesn't know what to make of me," Mat said softly.
"How very uncommon. I can't think of anyone else who has reacted that way to you, Mat.”

“i can't understand her"
well son, you might as well try to understand the sun”