Top 25 Quotes by Robert Jordan of 313 - Page 13

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

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

Pigs, Play, Flutes

Robert Jordan (2016). “The Wheel of Time: Books 1–4”, p.232, Macmillan

A shoat squealing under a fence just attracts the fox, when it should be trying to run.

Running, Trying, Foxes

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

A pig painted gold is still a pig.

Robert Jordan

Pigs, Gold, Stills

Robert Jordan (2009). “The Great Hunt: Book Two of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.57, Macmillan

A weeping woman is a bucket with no bottom.

Robert Jordan

Buckets, Bottom, Wot

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

You could weave silk from pig bristles before you could make a man anything but a man.

Robert Jordan

Men, Pigs, Silk

Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, Maria Simons (2015). “The Wheel of Time Companion: The People, Places and History of the Bestselling Series”, p.422, Macmillan

Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.

Robert Jordan

Forgiveness, Men, Forgive And Forget

Robert Jordan (2002). “The Dragon Reborn: Book Three of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.549, Macmillan

What woman could I hate enough to marry her to the Dragon Reborn?

Robert Jordan

Hate, Dragons, Enough

Robert Jordan (2010). “A Crown of Swords: Book Seven of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.148, Macmillan

A fool puts her hand into a hollow tree without finding out what's inside first.

Robert Jordan

Hands, Tree, Fool

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

If you fell head first into a pigsty, you'd try to convince everybody you did it on purpose.

Robert Jordan

Trying, Purpose, Firsts

Robert Jordan (2010). “The Fires of Heaven: Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.293, Macmillan

The nobles and the noble Houses maneuver for advantage. They do things they think will help them, or hurt and enemy, or both. Usually, it's all done in secrecy, or if not, they try to make it seem as if they're doing something other than what they are.

Robert Jordan

Hurt, Thinking, House

Robert Jordan (2009). “The Great Hunt: Book Two of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.306, Macmillan