Robert Jordan Quotes - Page 7

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• A slow horse does not always reach the end of the journey.

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  Horse, Journey, Doe

  Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, Maria Simons (2015). “The Wheel of Time Companion: The People, Places and History of the Bestselling Series”, p.420, Macmillan

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• Once you decide to gut a fish, there's no use waiting till it rots.

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  Waiting, Use, Fishes

  Robert Jordan (2002). “The Dragon Reborn: Book Three of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.244, Macmillan

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• It seems to me that kings and queens can be fools when they forget what they are and act like who they are, but they're worse when they only remember what they are and forget who.

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  Kings, Queens, Fool

  Robert Jordan (2010). “The Fires of Heaven: Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.279, Macmillan

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• Dance with her, and she will forgive much. Dance well, and she will forgive anything.

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  Forgiving, Wells

  Robert Jordan (2010). “Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.147, Macmillan

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• Men," Thom murmured. "Men who shook the pillars of heaven and rocked the world on its foundations." He shook his head. "It doesn't matter. Forget about them. They are dust now.

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  Men, Dust, Heaven

  Robert Jordan (2000). “The Eye of the World: Book One of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.224, Macmillan

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• To lead is neither to push or pull.

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  "The Dragon Reborn". Book by Robert Jordan, 1991.

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• The way back will come but once. Be steadfast.

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  Way, Steadfast

  Robert Jordan (2002). “The Dragon Reborn: Book Three of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.250, Macmillan

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• You have to have talent to some extent - I certainly hope I have talent - but you have to have luck as well. Once you get that first shot, that will get you noticed for the rest of your books and that will give the rest of your books a better chance.

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  Book, Giving, Luck

  "Fantasy novelist Robert Jordan dies at age 58", www.today.com. September 17, 2007.

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• 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.

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  Men, Ideas, Oil

  Robert Jordan (2010). “The Fires of Heaven: Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.227, Macmillan

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• A flapping tongue has killed more men than sudden storms ever did.

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  Men, Storm, Tongue

  Robert Jordan (2002). “The Dragon Reborn: Book Three of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.232, Macmillan

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• I do not like odd things until I can understand them.

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  Odd Things, Odd, I Can

  Robert Jordan (2009). “The Great Hunt: Book Two of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.232, Macmillan

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• As my Lord says, my Lord's leg is not a side of beef. Thank you, my Lord, for instructing me.

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  Beef, Legs, Sides

  Robert Jordan (2010). “Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.457, Macmillan

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• Duty is heavy as a mountain, death is light as a feather.

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  Light, Mountain, Wheel Of Time

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• I think that quite often you can only find a choice between bad and worse. But I think it's worth making the effort, and I like to expose my characters to that sort of situation.

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  Character, Thinking, Choices

  "Robert Jordan chats about his 'Wheel of Time' series". Live chat, edition.cnn.com. December 12, 2000.

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• Thus is our treaty written; thus is agreement made. Thought is the arrow of time; memory never fades. What was asked is given; the price is paid.

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  Memories, Agreement, Arrows

  Robert Jordan (2010). “The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.410, Macmillan

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• A gnarled old branch dulls the blade that severs a sapling.

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  Branches, Saplings, Blades

  Robert Jordan (2010). “The Fires of Heaven: Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.352, Macmillan

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• A Myrddraal has less cunning than a woman, and a Trolloc fights with more honor. And a goat has more sense.

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  Fighting, Honor, Goats

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• I'm not certain that I draw from any one culture more than others. Many myths and legends of many different cultures are really the same story when you get to the heart of it. They are often cultural cautionary tales about how we should behave and how we should live.

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  Heart, Different, Culture

  "Robert Jordan chats about his 'Wheel of Time' series". Live chat, edition.cnn.com. December 12, 2000.

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• As the Wheel of Time turns, places wear many names. Men wear many names, many faces. Different faces, but always the same man. Yet no one knows the Great Pattern the Wheel weaves, or even the Pattern of an Age. We can only watch, and study, and hope.

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  Men, Different Faces, Names

  Robert Jordan (2000). “The Eye of the World: Book One of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.46, Macmillan

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• A Warder once told me Trollocs call the Aiel Waste 'the Dying Ground.' I mean to make them give that name to the Two Rivers.

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  Mean, Names, Two

  Robert Jordan (2010). “The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.472, Macmillan

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• Schemes within schemes. The Great Serpent is a good sign for you Aes Sedai, I think. Someday you may swallow yourselves by accident.

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  Thinking, May, Someday

  Robert Jordan (2010). “The Fires of Heaven: Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.278, Macmillan

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• It is the enemy you underestimate who kills you.

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  Enemy, Underestimate

  Robert Jordan (2010). “A Crown of Swords: Book Seven of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.201, Macmillan

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• You must surrender before you can guide.

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  Surrender, Guides

  Robert Jordan (2010). “Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.311, Macmillan

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• On a day of fire and blood, a tattered banner waved above Dumai's wells, bearing the ancient symbol of Aes Sedai. On a day of fire and blood and the one power, as prophecy had suggested, the unstained tower, broken, bent knee to the forgotten sign. The first nine Aes Sedai swore fealty to the Dragon Reborn, and the world was changed forever.

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  Fire, Dragons, Blood

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• Strange clothes you wear, Child of the Dragon. Has the Wheel turned so far? Do the People of the Dragon return to the first Covenant? But you wear a sword. That is neither now nor then.

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  Children, Clothes You Wear, Dragons

  Robert Jordan (2000). “The Eye of the World: Book One of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.682, Macmillan

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