Quotes from Robert Jordan

The only thing sadder than a battle won is a battle lost.

Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.

Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long enough, isn't it?

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.

Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today.

The Creator made women to please the eye, and to boggle the mind.

A man who trusts everyone is a fool and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools if we live long enough.

I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.

The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.

You have made a place in my heart where I thought there was no room for anything else. You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones. Remember this, on this journey you insist on making. If you die, I will not survive you long.

Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.

Better to have one woman on your side than ten men.

He was swimming in a sea of other people's expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that.

The men in my family are strong because the women in my family kill and eat the weak ones.

There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.

If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.

Til shade is gone, til water is gone Into the shadow with teeth bared Screaming defiance with the last breath To spit in Sightblinder's eye on the Last Day.

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

One more dance along the razor's edge finished. Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today.

Death comes to us all; we can only choose how to face it when it comes.

He came like the wind, like the wind touched everything, and like the wind was gone. -from The Dragon Reborn. By Loial, son of Arent son of Halan, the Fourth Age.

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

Time to toss the dice

But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.