“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“Always leave a way out, unless you really want to find out how hard a man can fight when he’s nothing to lose.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“I'm a gambler, a farmboy, and I'm here to take command of your bloody army!
--Mat Cauthon”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“Storms rumble beyond the horizon, and the fires of heaven purge the earth. There is no salvation without destruction, no hope this side of death.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“At my age, if I make it up, it's still an old saying.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“Juilin," she asked hesitantly, "what were you going to do with the salt and cooking oil? Not exactly," she added more quickly. "Just a general idea."
He looked at her for a moment. "I do not know. But they did not, either. That is the trick of it; their minds made up worse then I ever could. I have seen a tough man break when I sent for a basket of figs and some mice.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“How long had he been doing what was necessary instead of what was right? In a fair world they would be one and the same.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“i can't understand her"
well son, you might as well try to understand the sun”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your losses too long.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“When a woman says she will obey you, of her own will, it is time to sleep lightly and watch your back.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“Victory settles a lot of arguments in most men's heads.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“A spoonful of hope and a cup of despair”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“Good morrow, High Lord Weiramon, and all you other High Lords and Ladies. I'm a gambler, a farmboy, and I'm here to take command of your bloody army! The bloody lord Dragon Reborn will be with us as soon as he flaming takes care of one bloody little matter!”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“We are alike in many ways, you and I. There is 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.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“A man can get killed in there.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“She was a soldier, a warrior in her way as much as I. This could have happened two hundred times these past twenty years. She knew it, and so did I. It was a good day to die.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“There's an old saying in the Two Rivers" Rand said dryly. "'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.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“Past is past, and the future is ahead.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“In Shinear, a woman [is] safe anywhere, any time-except from Trollocs and Myrddraal, of course-and any man [will] die to see it so.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“We have made the world dance as we sang for three thousand years. That is difficult habit to break, as I have learned while dancing to your song. You must dance free, and even the best intentioned of my sisters may well try to guide your steps as I once did.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“Keep your mind out of the pigsty, man!”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“Elayne could not help herself. Nynaeve wielding her tongue like a needle, Cerandin stubborn as two mules, and now this. She threw back her head and screamed with frustration.
When the sound died, it seemed as if the animals had quieted. Horse handlers stood about, staring at her. Coolly, she ignored them. Nothing could worm its way under her skin now. She was as calm as ice, perfectly in control of herself.
“Was that a cry for help,” Birgitte said, tilting her head, “or are you hungry? I suppose I could find a wet nurse in—”
Elayne strode away with a snarl that would have done any of the leopards proud.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“Women were glad when he came into their lives. It was not boasting. Women smiled for him; even when he left them, they smiled as if they would welcome him back. That was all he ever really wanted from women; a smile, a dance, a kiss, and to be remembered foundly.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“Hero! He was no hero! What did a hero get? An Aes Sedai patting you on the head before she sent you out like a hound to do it again. A noblewoman condescending to favor you with a kiss, or laying a flower on your grave.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
“Till Shade is gone, till 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. By my honor and the Light, my life will be a dagger for Sightblinder's heart.
Until the Last Day, To Shayol Ghul itself.”
― Robert Jordan, quote from The Fires of Heaven
Robert Jordan
Born place: in Charleston, South Carolina, The United States
Born date October 17, 1948
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“To succeed in life and achieve results, you must understand and master three mighty forces— desire, belief, and expectation.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Wings of Fire: An Autobiography
“Goodbye Curly. I'll see you next summer. Keep out of trouble, now, until I come back.”
― Juliet Marillier, quote from Child of the Prophecy
“She did not know why she was sad, but because of this peculiar sadness, she began to realize she ought to leave the town.”
― Carson McCullers, quote from The Member of the Wedding
“Trying to remember, I have learned, is like trying to clutch a handful of fog. Trying to forget, like trying to hold back the monsoon.”
― Patricia McCormick, quote from Sold
“Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Winter kept us warm, covering
Earth in forgetful snow, feeding
A little life with dried tubers.”
― T.S. Eliot, quote from The Waste Land and Other Poems
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