“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.”
Source: The Fires of Heaven
Quotes from work
The Fires of Heaven
The Fires of Heaven is a fantasy novel by American writer Robert Jordan, the fifth book in his series The Wheel of Time. It was published by Tor Books and released on October 15, 1993.
“Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again.”
Source: The Fires of Heaven
“Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.”
Lini
(15 October 1993)
Source: The Fires of Heaven
Birgitte Silverbow
Variant: If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.
Source: The Fires of Heaven (15 October 1993)
“i can't understand her"
well son, you might as well try to understand the sun”
Source: The Fires of Heaven
“At my age, if I make it up, it’s still an old saying.”
Lini
(15 October 1993)
Source: The Fires of Heaven
