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The Great Hunt

Robert Jordan

The Great Hunt is a fantasy novel by American author Robert Jordan, the second book of The Wheel of Time series. It was published by Tor Books and released on November 15, 1990. The Great Hunt consists of a prologue and 50 chapters. In 2004 The Great Hunt was re-released as two separate books, The Hunt Begins and New Threads in the Pattern.

“Women often seemed to leave things unsaid, and in his limited experience it was what they did not say that proved the most trouble.”

Robert Jordan The Great Hunt

Source: The Great Hunt

“Knowing serves no real purpose, but then, neither does not knowing. Myself, I always prefer knowing to not.”

Robert Jordan The Great Hunt

Source: The Great Hunt

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

Robert Jordan The Great Hunt

Source: The Great Hunt

“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.”

Robert Jordan The Great Hunt

Source: The Great Hunt

“Some men […] choose to seek greatness, while others are forced to it. It is always better to choose than to be forced.
A man who is forced is never completely his own master. He must dance on the strings of those who forced him.”

Robert Jordan The Great Hunt

Source: The Great Hunt

“There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.”

Robert Jordan The Great Hunt

al'Lan Mandragoran
(15 November 1990)
Source: The Great Hunt

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

Robert Jordan The Great Hunt

Source: The Great Hunt

“I do not like odd things until I can understand them.”

Robert Jordan The Great Hunt

Source: The Great Hunt

“Better to have one woman on your side than ten men.”

Robert Jordan The Great Hunt

al'Lan Mandragoran
Variant: There is an old saying here in the Borderlands: "Better to have one woman on your side than ten men."
Source: The Great Hunt (15 November 1990)

“The people seemed nearly ostentatious about minding their own business.”

Robert Jordan The Great Hunt

Source: The Great Hunt

“A pig painted gold is still a pig.”

Robert Jordan The Great Hunt

Matrim Cauthon
(15 November 1990)
Source: The Great Hunt

“Always something new, always something I didn't expect, and sometimes it isn't horrible.”

Robert Jordan The Great Hunt

Source: The Great Hunt