Robert Jordan Quotes

In the Borderlands, sheepherder, if a man has the raising of a child, that child is his, and none can say different.

Jump in a hole without looking, and there’ll be a snake in it every time.

It isn't swords or brawn we need now," Nynaeve said, "but brains. Men usually think with the hairs on their chests." She touched her chest absently, as if feeling for something through her coat. "Most of them do.

Perrin ran a hand through his hair. The more he found out about kings, the less he liked them.

A pig painted gold is still a pig.

An Aes Sedai never lies, but the truth she speaks, may not be the truth you think you hear.

Take life as it comes. Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.

Teach him how you will, a pig will never play the flute.

The leaf lives its appointed time, and does not struggle against the wind that carries it away. The leaf does no harm, and finally falls to nourish new leaves. So it should be with all men. And women.

I will never shame you. I will hate the man you choose because he is not me, and love him if he makes you smile. No woman deserves the sure knowledge of widow's black as her brideprice, you least of all.

When you have never known a thing except to dream, it becomes more than a talisman.

The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death.

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

The best lie is often one too ridiculous to be taken for a lie.

Nobody tells us how to be men. We just are.