Quotes by Robert Jordan

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

I surrender to it, and by surrendering, I control it.

Youre bloody insane, Karede, Mat said. Unfortunately, so am I.

I doubt you can understand the magnitude of the stupidity in your statement

Times are not what they were, and we cannot be, either. If you sit and wish for what you want, you may not see it this side of the grave.

Always leave a way out, unless you really want to find out how hard a man can fight when he’s nothing to lose.

Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes.

Victory settles a lot of arguments in most mens heads.

Youre welcome in my house when this is over. Well open a cask of Master alVeres best brandy. Well remember those who fell, and well tell our children how we stood when the clouds turned black and the world started to die. Well tell them we stood shoulder to shoulder, and there was just no space for the Shadow to squeeze through.

Bloody ashes, woman. This isnt a metaphor for anything! Its just boots.

The old blood is indeed still strong in the Two Rivers.

Browns seek knowledge, Blues meddle in causes, and Whites consider the questions of truth with implacable logic. We all do some of it all, of course. But to be Green means to stand ready. In the Trolloc Wars, we were often called the Battle Ajah. All Aes Sedai helped where and when they could, but the Green Ajah alone was always with the armies, in almost every battle. We were the counter to the dreadlords. The Battle Ajah. And now we stand ready, for the Trollocs to come south again, for Tarmon Gaidon. the Last Battle. We will be there. That is what it means to be Green. -Alanna

A beautiful battle is one you dont have to fight

When the Wolf King carries the hammer, thus are the final days known. When the fox marries the raven, and the trumpets of battle are blown.

What you practice too often, you use without thinking.

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

Heroes in the stories never had to sleep in haystacks, or under hedges. But it was not easy to pretend, anymore, that he was a hero in a story.

Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses.

Do you know how to unite people behind you, Child Carridin? The quickest way? No? Loose a lion - a rabid lion - in the streets. And when panic grips the people, once it has turned their bowels to water, calmly tell them you will deal with it. Then you kill it, and order them to hang the carcass up where everyone can see. Before they have time to think, you give another order, and it will be obeyed. And if you continue to give orders, they will continue to obey, for you will be the one who saved them, and who better to lead?

Death is lighter than a feather. Duty, heavier than a mountain.