Robert Jordan Quotes

On the heights, the paths are paved with daggers.

The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills, and we are only the thread of the Pattern.

Prophecy is most dangerous when you try to make it happen... The Pattern weaves itself around you, but when you try to weave it, even you cannot hold it.

You read too much and understand too little.

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

There's no time for winking at the men when you're busy bailing the boat.

I expect a civil word for a civil word!

Men fight when they should run, and fools fight when they should run. But I had no need to say it twice.

It is better to be the hammer than the nail.

Nimble finger and nimble wits will take you a good deal further than a sword and muscles. Sharp eyes help as well, but fortunately, I have these things.

To lead is neither to push or pull.

The arrogance of men never ceases to amaze me. You all think everything has to do with you, and every woman has to desire you.

Men! Too blind to see what a stone could see, and too stubborn to be trusted to think for themselves.

Better ten days of love than years of regretting.

A bloody hero. Thom, if I ever look like acting the hero again, you kick me."
"And what would you have done differently?"
"Just kick me!