Robert Jordan Quotes

The more bosom a woman displayed, the less she wanted you to look. Openly, at least.

Not thinking about a thorn doesn’t make it hurt your foot less.

...but who can know the heart of a man? Not even he himself, I suspect. A man is the easiest animal to put on a leash, and the hardest to keep leashed. Even when he chooses it himself.

Honor? Maybe they're letting him sleep on silk, but a prisoner is still a prisoner.

Anger narrowed the vision and made for foolish choices.

In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes.

By the look of you, Nynaeve, I could almost think you were angry, but I know you have such a sweet disposition people ask you to dabble your fingers in their tea.

When a woman says she will obey you, of her own will, it is time to sleep lightly and watch your back.

You'll use it [Perrin's axe], boy, and as long as you hate using it, you would use it more wisely than most men would. Wait. If ever you don't hate it any longer, then will be the time to throw it as far as you can and run the other way.

You cannot tell a man he has the power to make the earth shake, then expect him to walk small.

What is too absurd to believe is believed because it is too absurd to be a lie.

Here, southlander, you can't quit while you are winning. Better than when I'm losing.

A man without trust might as well be dead.

It’s too late to change your mind after you’ve jumped off the cliff.

It is better to guide people than try to hammer them into a line.