Quotes from Robert Jordan

we are the hare, and it is the hounds who dictate the chase.

Life is uncertainty and struggle, choice and change; one who knew how her life was woven into the Pattern as well as she knew how a thread was laid into a carpet would have the life of an animal. If she did not go mad. Humankind is made for uncertainty, struggle, choice and change.

Quer seja o urso a vencer o lobo ou o lobo a vencer o urso, quem fica a perder é sempre o coelho.

You tossed him aside for the White Tower. Why should you care if I pick him up?

We will go to Falme. I hope Liandrin is there. I will make her curse the day her mother laid eyes on her father.

You can do nothing with the One Power when emotion rules your mind.

If you don't know everything, you must go on with what you do know

when she smiled, it seemed the sun might hide its head in defeat.

Lews Therin hummed even harder, making Rand wish the man had a face so he could hit him.

It was always a mistake to choose a pillow-friend who did not wear the shawl. Especially if you were fool enough to let her take the lead.

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose in the Mountains of Mist. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning. Eastward

Clutch the bramble, and you will be pricked

You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps even the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyways.

It was beyond unwise to enter battle angry. Anger narrowed the vision and made for foolish choices.

Espero que cheguem a esta fogueira a qualquer momento. Mas a esperança é como um pedaço de corda quando você está se afogando: simplesmente não é o suficiente para tirar você da água sozinho .

Across the nations the stories spread like spiderweb laid upon spiderweb, and men and women planned the future, believing they knew truth. They planned, and the Pattern absorbed their plans, weaving toward the future foretold.

No one was ever simply anything

If anyone could break any rule they chose, do whatever they chose, and escape punishment merely by doing some good to balance it, the world would be chaos.

Who are you? What do you want?" The black-clad man drew himself up arrogantly. "Once I was called Elan Morin Tedronai, but now—" "Betrayer of Hope.

Mat, a very wise woman once told me that time would heal my wounds, that time smoothed everything over. I didn't believe her. Only

the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.

he crawled on across the farmyard, keeping as low as he could, but trying to watch every direction, too. He had never thought he would envy an earthworm.

She held herself with a grace and air of command that made him feel awkward and stumble-footed. She was barely tall enough to come up to his chest, but her presence was such that her height seemed the proper one, and he felt ungainly in his tallness.

And it shall come to pass that what men made shall be shattered