Robert Jordan Quotes

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

Death comes to us all; we can only choose how to face it when it comes.

Great captains earned their reputation not just for laying brilliant plans, but for still being able to find victory after those plans began to fall apart.

He did not own her, and she did not own him. The act of his movement so that they faced the same direction meant far more to her than other gesture could.-Aviendha about Rand

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

I figured that once you’ve decided to jump off a cliff, you might as well pick the highest one. Why accept the risk, if not for the greatest prize?

I have lived for four centures, he said. Perhaps I am still a youth, in that all of us are, compared to the timeless age of the Wheel itself. That said, I am one of the oldest people in existence.Moir...

Kill a man who needs killing, and sometimes others pay for it. The question is, was it worth doing it anyway? There's always a balance, you know. Good and evil. Light and Shadow. We would not be human...

Moiraine: It seems Ryne was wrong as well as a Darkfriend. You were better than he.Lan: He was better. But he thought I was finished, with only one arm. He never understood. You surrender after you're...

Pessimism, she is a fond friend of yours, yes? -That's uncalled for. I barely know her. Mere acquaintances, at best.

The Golden Crane flies for Tarmon Gai'don!

The leaf lives its appointed time, and does not struggle against the wind that carries it away. The leaf does no harm, and finally falls to nourish new leaves. So it should be with all men and women.

To stand against the Shadow so long as iron is hard and stone abides.To defend the Malkieri while one drop of blood remains.To avenge what cannot be defended.

Women, Mat declared as he rode Pips down the dusty, little-used road, are like mules. He frowned. Wait. No. Goats. Women are like goats. Except every flaming one thinks she's a horse instead, and a pr...

You are as eloquent as ever, Mat, Egwene said dryly. Do you still have your pet fox?I do, Mat said. He's snuggled up nice and warm.

A wise ruler takes advice, but should never be seen to take it. Let them think you know more than you do. It will not harm them, and it will help you.

Bashere shrugged, grinning brhind his grey-streaked moustaches, When I first slept in a saddle, Muad Cheade was Marshal-General. The man was as mad as a hare in spring thaw. Twice every day he searche...

Care for the living. I'll weep for the dead later. - Perrin Aybara

For the young, death is an enemy they wish to try their strength against. For those of us a little older, she is an old friend, an old lover, but one we are not eager to meet again soon.

I love words, Mat said. There are some deliciously pretty words out there. 'Smile.' That's always sounded like a pretty word to me. Don't you think? Or, perhaps, the words 'I promise not to kill Egwen...