Authors — Quotes

Robert Jordan Quotes: 11

Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.
You have made a place in my heart where I thought there was no room for anything else. You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones. Remember this, on this journey you insist on making. If you die, I will not survive you long.
The Shadow Rising
Til shade is gone, til water is goneInto the shadow with teeth baredScreaming defiance with the last breathTo spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day.
The Dragon Reborn
Time to toss the dice
One more dance along the razor's edge finished. Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today.
Lord of Chaos
Death comes to us all; we can only choose how to face it when it comes.
The Dragon Reborn
If you don't know everything, you must go on with what you do know.
A Crown of Swords
There is some delight in ale and wineAnd some in girls with ankles fineBut my delight, yes always mineIs to dance with Jak O’ the ShadowsWe will toss the dice however they fallAnd snuggle the girls be they short or tallThen follow Lord Mat whenever he callsTo dance with Jak O’ the Shadows.
Knife of Dreams
You can never know everything. Part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of knowledge lies in going on anyway.
I do not like odd things until I can understand them.
The Great Hunt
Juilin,"she asked hesitantly, "what were you going to do with the salt and cooking oil? Not exactly,"she added more quickly. "Just a general idea."He looked at her for a moment. "I do not know. But they did not, either. That is the trick of it; their minds made up worse then I ever could. I have seen a tough man break when I sent for a basket of figs and some mice.
The Fires of Heaven