Quotes by Robert Jordan

“Let most men have a finger and they will have the whole hand before you know. Let a clan cheif have a finger and he will have the entire arm.”

“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.”

“Who knows a woman's heart? Most women will shrug off what a man would kill you for, and kill you for what a man would shrug off.”

“They were the sort who berated a man for meddling and chased him away, then berated him again for not being there when he was needed. Not that they would admit he was needed, even then, not them. R...”

“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 anyway.”

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

“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.”

“No man can walk so long in the Shadow that he cannot come again to the Light.”

“Give me your trust, said the Aes Sedai.On my shoulders I support the sky.Trust me to know and to do what is best,And I will take care of the rest.But trust is the color of a dark seed growing.Trust...”

“If someone offers him enough gold, it becomes a toss of the dice, and not even Mat Cauthon could say how theyll land.”

“A man without trust might as well be dead.”

“I do not like odd things until I can understand them.”

“That was a thing of wolves; they could know the past and the future, yet keep their attention on the hunt. Could he do the same? Allow himself to be consumed when needed, yet keep balance in other ...”

“Advice!Nobody tells us how to be men. We just are." "That is probably why you make such a bad job of it.- Perrin and Egwene”

“Facing them (men) with knives and spears was much easier than loving them, much easier.”

“Sometimes she thought the Creator had only made men to cause trouble for women.”

“To believe a thing is not to make it true.”

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

“It's not evil, Rand. I know something evil when I smell it. This isn't evil, it's just incredibly stupid.”

“Sandar came to stand beside him, frowning down at the crumpled High Lord. "He does not look so mighty lying there," he said wonderingly. "He does not look so much greater than me.”