Quote

I always get what I want in the end. And I think I want...ornamental ironwork. For the windows of my bedchamber.

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.
Thinking
Ornamental
Wot
Windows
Window
Ends
Always
Think

More quotes by Robert Jordan

Image
Only a fool thinks his enemies stand still when he isn't looking, my Lord Dragon.
Robert Jordan
Image
Rand al'Thor is a mule-headed, stone-willed fool of a...a...a man!
Robert Jordan
Image
The Black Tower stands with the Lion of Andor. -Logain
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
Most of those we call heroes only did what they had to do.
Robert Jordan
Image
You trouble me so, Rand al'Thor. Light, sometimes I think the Creator made you just to trouble me.
Robert Jordan
Image
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
Image
You could weave silk from pig bristles before you could make a man anything but a man.
Robert Jordan
Image
Dovie'andi se tovya sagain!
Robert Jordan
Image
One pretty woman means fun at the dance. Two pretty women means trouble in the house. Three pretty women means run at the hills.
Robert Jordan
Image
Often you don't know whether a woman is friend, enemy or lover until it is too late. Sometimes, she is all three.
Robert Jordan
Image
No. Please do not name either child after me, Elayne. Let them live their own lives. My shadow will be long enough as it is.' -Rand
Robert Jordan
Image
The best lie is often one too ridiculous to be taken for a lie.
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
Thank you, the young mother said again. Thank you. The Black Tower protects, Logain heard himself say. Always. I will send him to you to be tested when he is of age, the woman promised, holding her son. I would have him join you, if he has the talent. The talent. Not the curse. The talent.
Robert Jordan
Image
Better to have one woman on your side than ten men.
Robert Jordan
Image
A flapping tongue has killed more men than sudden storms ever did.
Robert Jordan
Image
The lions sing and the hills take flight. The moon by day, and the sun by night. Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool. Let the Lord of Chaos rule.
Robert Jordan
Image
Remember that any meal can be your last. You chose to travel with us, so tonight you will eat fish. Tomorrow, you may die.
Robert Jordan
Image
The wheel of a man's life. No mercy. No pity.
Robert Jordan