Robert Jordan Quotes

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The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.

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

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It's too late to change your mind after you've jumped off the cliff.

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First things first; take care of what can be done now before worrying too long over what might never be.

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Men! When you cannot win an argument, you either run away or resort to force.

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A woman's flaming rights are whatever she flaming says they are." Uno laughed. "That's what women in Shienar say, anyway.

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We should ask our commanders..." Elayne trailed off. "If there are any we trust not to be under Compulsion." "There's only one," Mat said grimly, meeting her eyes. "And he's telling you we are finished if we continue as we have. The earlier plan was a good enough one, but after what we lost today...Elayne, we're dead unless we choose one place to stand, gather together, and fight." One last toss of the dice.

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A gnarled old branch dulls the blade that severs a sapling.

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There is some delight in ale and wine
And some in girls with ankles fine
But my delight, yes always mine
Is to dance with Jak O' the Shadows

We will toss the dice however they fall
And snuggle the girls be they short or tall
Then follow lord Mat whenever he calls
To dance with Jak O' the Shadows.

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There's no point letting honey age too long before you eat it.

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Taren Ferry folk had a reputation for slyness and trickery. If you shook hands with a Taren Ferry man, people said, you counted your fingers afterwards.

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Besides, you must remember the old saying. Let the lord of chaos rule.

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You never escape the traps you spin yourself. Only a greater power can break a power, and then you're trapped again. Trapped forever so you cannot die.

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We rode on the winds of the rising storm,
We ran to the sounds of thunder. We danced among the lightning bolts And tore the world asunder.

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Are you deaf as well as blind, woman? I'm not a carpet to walk over, and I distinctly heard myself speak. If I pinch your bottom, you can slap my face, but until I do, I expect a civil word for a civil word!

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Duty is heavier than a mountain, Dai Shan.' That time, Lan did flinch. How long had it been since someone had been able to do that to him with mere words? He remembered teaching that same concept to a youth out of the Two Rivers. A sheepherder, innocent of the world, fearful of the fate laid out before him by the Pattern.

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Whatever you can do, Lews Therin, I can do. And better.

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Never prod at a woman unless you must. She will kill you faster than a man and for less reason, even if she weeps over it after.

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The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule.

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I will never shame you. I will hate the man you choose because he is not me, and love him if he makes you smile. No woman deserves the sure knowledge of widow's black as her brideprice, you least of all.

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

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I have seen a tough man break when I sent for a basket of figs and some mice.

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As he did so, a wind rose up around him, around the man who had been called lord, Dragon Reborn, king, killer, lover and friend.

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Most of those we call heroes only did what they had to do.

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I lead no armies, Warder. I command nothing save myself, and not always that.

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I think the woman was born in Far Madding in a thunderstorm. She probably told the thunder to be quiet. It probably did.

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When a young woman's cheeks redden for no apparent reason, there is usually a man involved.

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To anger an Aes Sedai is to put your head in a hornets' nest.

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A slow horse does not always reach the end of the journey.

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"Humankind is being swept away everywhere. Nations fail and vanish. Darkfriends are everywhere, and none of these southlanders seem to notice or care. We fight to hold the Borderlands, to keep them safe in their houses, and every year, despite all we can do, the Blight advances. And these southlanders think Trollocs are myths, and Myrddraal a gleeman's tale." He frowned and shook his head. "It seemed the only way. We would be destroyed for nothing, defending people who do not even know, or care. It seemed logical. Why should we be destroyed for them, when we could make our own peace? Better the Shadow, I thought, than useless oblivion, like Caralain, or Hardan, or … It seemed so logical, then."

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