Quotes from Robert Jordan

Why did people always think you did not know as much as they? The world was full of fools!

For the hundredth time—or so it seemed to her—she considered the words to use. "Before we left Tar Valon I made arrangements, should anything happen to me, for your bond to pass to another." He stared at her, silent. "When you feel my death, you will find yourself compelled to seek her out immediately. I do not want you to be surprised by it.

He liked being able to think things through. It was easy to hurt people without meaning to when you were hasty.

When there were no good choices, you had to choose the one that seemed least wrong.

that kings—and queens—can be fools when they forget what they are and act like who they are, but they're worse when they only remember what they are and forget who.

When the winds of Tarmon Gai'don scour the earth, he will face the Shadow and bring forth Light again in the world.

It is no treason to do what must be done. And even blasphemy can be tolerated for a cause.

Rand threw open the door to the kitchens, and there they were. Moiraine rested her serene eyes on him, unsurprised.

Courage is a well,' Viendre said at Elayne's ear, 'deep in some, shallow in others. Deep or shallow, wells go dry eventually, even if they fill again later. You will face what you cannot face. Your spine will turn to jelly, and your vaunted courage will leave you weeping in the dust. The day will come.

When i marry, it will be beacause I want to, not just because a man expects me to love him.

What he did know was that he was dangerous; he had nothing to offer any woman except pain.

For countless years Maidens who would not give up the spear have given their babes for the Wise Ones to hand to other women, none knowing

siempre estamos más asustados de lo que querríamos, pero siempre podemos ser más valientes de lo que esperamos. Sé fiel a tu corazón

No masterwork comes without a price, he thought. That doesn't mean it's not worth forging.

The louder a man tells you he's honest, the harder you must hold on to your purse.' " Another said, "The fox often offers to give the duck its pond.

You remind me of my uncle Huan. No one could ever pin him down. He liked to gamble, too, and he'd much rather have fun than work. He died pulling children out of a burning house. He wouldn't stop going back as long as there was one left inside. Are you like him, Mat? Will you be there when the flames are high?

El pasado había quedado atrás; el presente era lo que contaba, y así había que aceptarlo. Hacer lo contrario sólo

Men's armor and women's armor didn't actually look much different, which he found a shame. Mat had asked a Seanchan armorer if certain areas of the female breastplate shouldn't be emphasized, so to speak, and the armorer had looked at him like he was a half-wit. Light, these people had no sense of morality. A fellow needed to know if he was fighting a woman on the battlefield. It was only right.

most of the Trollocs had moved off the Heights to attack below.

At the sight of her, sadness and loss rolled over him, worse

Everything changed, with time.

Only a fool thinks a lion or a woman can truly be tamed. Irritably

All will be well, and all will be well, and all manner of thing will be well

with the Power, the taint on the male half of the True Source rolling off the protection of his bonds and oaths, the ties to what he knew as a greater power than the Light, or even the Creator.