Robert Jordan - Woman Quotes

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Lan told me once that Malkier lives so long as one man wears the hadori in pledge that he will fight the Shadow, so long as one woman wears the ki'sain in pledge that she will send her sons to fight the shadow. I wear the ki'sain, Master Aldragoran. My husband wears the hadori. So do you. Will Lan Mandragoran ride to the last battle alone?

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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What woman could I hate enough to marry her to the Dragon Reborn?

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Often you don't know whether a woman is friend, enemy or lover until it is too late. Sometimes, she is all three.

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If a woman does need a hero, she needs him today, not tomorrow.

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The more bosom a woman displayed, the less she wanted you to look. Openly, at least.

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We are alike in many ways, you and I. There is a darkness in us. Darkness, pain, death. They radiate from us. If ever you love a woman, Rand, leave her and let her find another. It will be the best gift you can give her.

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When a woman plays the fool, look for the man. That was one of Lini's favorites. Another was, Kittens tangle your yarn, men tangle your wits, and it's simple as breathing for both.

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The woman learns nothing. The Aes Sedai we served in the Age of Legends could not have been such fools.

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Even a queen stubs her toe, but a wise woman watches the path.

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A Myrddraal has less cunning than a woman, and a Trolloc fights with more honor. And a goat has more sense.

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There is an old saying here in the Borderlands: "Better to have one woman on your side than ten men."

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One pretty woman means fun at the dance. Two pretty women mean trouble in the house. Three pretty women mean run for the hills.

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The arrogance of men never ceases to amaze me. You all think everything has to do with you, and every woman has to desire you.

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A man must know when to retreat from a woman, but a wise man knows that sometimes he must stand and face her.

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We are all fools sometimes, child, yet a wise woman learns to limit how often. Since you seem to have finished breakfast, I suggest you rid yourself of that mug and find something to do before you find yourself in hot water instead. Have you ever considered cutting your hair short? No matter. Off with you.

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My mother says men are different from us. She says we want to be in love, but only with the one we want; a man needs to be in love, but he will love the first woman to tie a string to his heart. - Egwene, speaking to Elayne

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If the world is ending, a woman will want time to fix her hair. If the world's ending, a woman will take time to to tell a man something he's done wrong.

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If you try putting a woman on a horse when she does not want to go, she may put a knife in your ribs.

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A woman in white stood atop the rubble a short distance away, a massive halo of power surrounding her, her arm outstretched toward the fleeing soldiers, her eyes intense. The woman stood like vengeance itself, the power of saidar like a storm around her. The very air seemed alight, and her brown hair blew from the wind of the open gap in the wall beside them. Egwene al'Vere.

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Victors write history. Had I taken the Stone of Tear, history would have shown I was born on the slopes of Dragonmount, of a woman never touched by a man, and that the heavens opened up in radiance to herald my coming. The sort of thing they say about you, now.

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When a woman says she will obey you, of her own will, it is time to sleep lightly and watch your back.

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