Robert Jordan Quotes - Page 8

Never kiss a girl whose brothers have knife scars.

You read too much and understand too little.

Kill a man who needs killing, and sometimes others pay for it. The question is, was it worth doing it anyway? There's always a balance, you know. Good and evil. Light and Shadow. We would not be human if there wasn't a balance.

Two hands. One to destroy, the other to save. Which had he lost?

At my age, if I make it up, it's still an old saying.

If the world is ending, a woman will want to fix her hair. If the world's ending, a woman will take the time to tell a man something he's done wrong.

Browns seek knowledge, Blues meddle in causes, and Whites consider the questions of truth with implacable logic. We all do some of it all, of course. But to be Green means to stand ready. In the Trolloc Wars, we were often called the Battle Ajah. All Aes Sedai helped where and when they could, but the Green Ajah alone was always with the armies, in almost every battle. We were the counter to the dreadlords. The Battle Ajah. And now we stand ready, for the Trollocs to come south again, for Tarmon Gai'don. the Last Battle. We will be there. That is what it means to be Green. -Alanna

You're welcome in my house when this is over. We'll open a cask of Master al'Vere's best brandy. We'll remember those who fell, and we'll tell our children how we stood when the clouds turned black and the world started to die. We'll tell them we stood shoulder to shoulder, and there was just no space for the Shadow to squeeze through.

It's not evil, Rand. I know something evil when I smell it. This isn't evil, it's just incredibly stupid.

He doesn't know what to make of me," Mat said softly. "How very uncommon. I can't think of anyone else who has reacted that way to you, Mat.

I grew up around strong women; weak men were pickled and salted. The women wouldn't waste time raising a weak boy.

Two days' hunger made a fine sauce for anything.

Does it make you brave to stick your hand in a bear's mouth? Would you do it again just because you didn't die?

You must surrender before you can guide.

Keep your mind out of the pigsty, man!

It's never over, al'Thor. The battle's never done.

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

If wishes were wings, pigs would fly.

When the honey's out of the comb, there's no putting it back.

Whatever can be done, can be undone.

Dance well with a woman, and she's halfway yours.

First things first; take care of what can be done now before worrying too long over what might never be.

But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.

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

Tonight you will eat fish. Tomorrow, you may die.