Robert Jordan Quotes - Page 9

An open sack hides nothing, And an open door hides little, but an open man is surely hiding something. lini is quoted by Nynaeve.

It is the enemy you underestimate who kills you.

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.

A man can get killed in there.

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

To anger an Aes Sedai is to put your head in a hornets' nest.

A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy.

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

Better to try understanding the sun than a woman.

A man who trusts everyone is a fool and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools if we live long enough.

What is too absurd to be believed is believed because it is too absurd to be a lie.

Bound by the Oath against lying, Aes Sedai had carried the halftruth, the quarter-truth and the implication to arts.

A crafty enemy will set a weak ambush you are meant to break through. Confident because you have dealt with the threat, your guard relaxed, you walk into the second, stronger ambush.

Victory settles a lot of arguments in most men's heads.

Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won.

Young men can be impetuous, young men can be rush, young men can be fools, but the Car'a'carn cannot let himself be a young man.

Cheer the bull, or cheer the bear; cheer both, and you will be trampled and eaten.

If it's not forbidden, then it's allowed

Remember that any meal can be your last. You chose to travel with us, so tonight you will eat fish. Tomorrow, you may die.

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

From the time an Aiel boy becomes a man he will not sing anything but battle chants, or their dirge for the slain. I have heard them singing over their dead, and over those they have killed. That song is one to make the stones weep.

Before I knew what was happening, I had a fistful of spears around my neck like a collar. I could have shaved myself with one sneeze.

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.

Only a fool thinks his enemies stand still when he isn't looking, my Lord Dragon.

Clutch the bramble and you will be pricked.