Quote

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

Robert Jordan

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
Author
Military Officer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
Jr.
Understand
Things
Like
Odd

More quotes by Robert Jordan

Image
Caution once forgotten could be forgotten once too often.
Robert Jordan
Image
If you have a sword, and the Aielman has his bare hands, it is an even fight. If you're good.
Robert Jordan
Image
Should and would build no bridges.
Robert Jordan
Image
It has been quite a weight, hasn't it? Tam asked. What weight? Rand replied. That lost hand you've been carrying. Rand looked down at his stump. Yes. I believe it has been at that.
Robert Jordan
Image
To anger an Aes Sedai is to put your head in a hornets' nest.
Robert Jordan
Image
If a woman does need a hero, she needs him today, not tomorrow.
Robert Jordan
Image
Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. -- Mat Cauthon
Robert Jordan
Image
Loial, son of Arent, son of Halen, had secretly always wanted to be hasty.
Robert Jordan
Image
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.
Robert Jordan
Image
The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death.
Robert Jordan
Image
Yes, I'm alive, Mat said. I'm usually pretty good at staying alive. I've only failed one time that I can remember, and it hardly counts.
Robert Jordan
Image
Only a fool thinks his enemies stand still when he isn't looking, my Lord Dragon.
Robert Jordan
Image
A flapping tongue has killed more men than sudden storms ever did.
Robert Jordan
Image
Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes.
Robert Jordan
Image
There were many good years. Good decades, good centuries. We believed we were living in paradise. Perhaps that was our downfall. We wanted our lives to be perfect, so we ignored imperfections. Problems were magnified through inattention and war might have become inevitable if the Bore hadn't ever made.
Robert Jordan
Image
He is born again! I feel him! The Dragon takes his first breath on the slope of Dragonmount! He is coming! He is coming! Light help us! Light help the world! He lies in the snow and cries like the thunder! He burns like the sun!
Robert Jordan
Image
There was a wild light in his eyes. Bring your lightnings, Aes Sedai. I will dance with them.
Robert Jordan
Image
You must surrender before you can guide.
Robert Jordan
Image
When you saw me with a dagger in hand - as if to throw at you - you didn't call for your guards. You didn't fear I was here to kill you. You looked over your shoulder to see what I was aiming at. That's the most loving gesture I think a man could receive from a woman. Unless you'd like to sit on my knee for a while.
Robert Jordan
Image
If you wish, you may call me Rand Sedai.
Robert Jordan