Quotes from Robert Jordan

Into the heart he thrusts his sword, into the heart, to hold their hearts. Who draws it out shall follow after, What hand can grasp that fearful blade?

An Aielman in a cage," she said promptly. "A Tuatha'an with a sword. A falcon and a hawk, perching on your shoulders. Both female, I think. And all the rest, of course. What is always there. Darkness swirling 'round you, and

Do not question me, she said coldly. You do not know which questions to ask, and you would comprehend less than half the answers if I gave them. Which I will not.

Aes Sedai believed a great many things to be true, and some of them actually were.

The clothes he had been wearing lay neatly folded on a banded travel chest that was carved and gilded within an inch of its life.

He kept up a constant chatter as they hunted through the packed streets. Rand made an effort to listen, and even to say something now and then, but it was an effort. He was not tired; he did not want to sleep. He just felt as if he were drifting.

He needed to drink in winter, till he made winter's heart seem Sunday noon.

Far Dareis Mai carries my honor.

You cannot make the land go against itself. Not for long; the land will rebel.

was easier to be brave, he discovered, when someone needed your protection.

She made me like her, and I cannot stop, and I hate her for it!" Said

As well ask what sort of animal ivory comes from, or what kind of plant grows silk. Unless that comes from an animal, too." "I

Well, if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. A man made do with what he had. Especially when he had no choice.

And not the sort of thing you have imagination enough to think up.

You must learn there is a time to speak all of the truth, and a time to govern your tongue. The least of the lessons you must learn, but important, if you mean to live long enough to wear the shawl of a full sister.

If you have no gratitude, have you no shame?

The world is strange, and all things change.

Sighing, she sat back down again. "Perrin, my father says a general can take care of the living or weep for the dead, but he cannot do both.

All right, then. If she wants to be like that, there's nothing I can do.

That is called Sheathing the Sword. Remember it.

They came over the Dragonwall like a flood," Tam said suddenly, in a strong, angry voice, "and washed the land with blood. How many died for Laman's sin?

Under the Light," she said firmly, looking up at him, "I, Alliandre Maritha Kigarin, pledge my fealty and service to Lord Perrin Aybara of the Two Rivers, now and for all time, save that he chooses to release me of his own will. My lands and throne are his, and I yield them to his hand. So I do swear.

Sometimes he thought women all belonged to a guild, the way craftsmen in cities did. Put a foot wrong with one, and the next ten you met knew of it, and disapproved.

across hills against the River Alguenya, and Rand's first sight of it came from the hills to the north, by the light of the midday sun. Elricain Tavolin and the fifty Cairhienin soldiers still seemed