Quotes of Robert Jordan - somelinesforyou

“ There is one rule, above all others, for a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ You have made a place in my heart where I thought there was no room for anything else. You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones. Remember this, on this journey you insist on making. If you die, I will not survive you long. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ 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

“ Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ Til shade is gone, til water is gone Into the shadow with teeth bared Screaming defiance with the last breath To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ One more dance along the razor's edge finished. Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ Death comes to us all; we can only choose how to face it when it comes. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ Time to toss the dice ”

- Robert Jordan

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

- Robert Jordan

“ You can never know everything. Part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of knowledge lies in going on anyway. ”

- Robert Jordan

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

- Robert Jordan

“ There is some delight in ale and wine And some in girls with ankles fine But my delight, yes always mine Is to dance with Jak O’ the Shadows We will toss the dice however they fall And snuggle the girls be they short or tall Then follow Lord Mat whenever he calls To dance with Jak O’ the Shadows. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ 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? ”

- Robert Jordan

“ I always say, if you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ Stories have power. Gleemen's tales, and bards' epics, and rumors in the street alike. They stir passions, and change the way men see the world. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ You can never know everything. Part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of knowledge lies in going on anyway. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ If you don't know everything, you must go on with what you do know. ”

- Robert Jordan

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

- Robert Jordan

“ Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ Hope is like a piece of string when you're drowning; it just isn't enough to get you out by itself. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ Hardness shatters; strength endures. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ Life is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ Duty is heavier than a mountain, death lighter than a feather. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ Death is as light as a feather; duty as heavy as a mountain. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ Beauty holds more worth than gold. ”

- Robert Jordan

“ Beauty holds more worth than gold. ”

- Robert Jordan
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