Robert Jordan (1948 – 2007)
Under which he is best known as the author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time fantasy series.
What woman could I hate enough to marry her to the Dragon Reborn?
I killed the whole world, and you can too, if you try hard.
The great and powerful Car’a’carn gave his honor to Far Dareis Mai to carry. If the mighty Car’a’carn dies in ambush while the Maidens protect him, Far Dareis Mai has no honor left. If the all-conquering Car’a’carn does not care, perhaps Enaila is right. Perhaps the omnipotent Car’a’carn is a willful boy who should be held by the hand lest he run over a cliff because he will not look.
In the Borderlands, sheepherder, if a man has the raising of a child, that child is his, and none can say different.
The more women there are about, the softer a wise man steps."
It is the enemy you underestimate who kills you.
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.
For what else you have done, there can be no forgiveness, Betrayer, but for Ilyena's death I will destroy you beyond anything your master can repair.
"Here, southlander, you can't quit while you are winning."
"Better than when I'm losing."
Weep for Manetheren. Weep for what is lost forever.
A man should never give promises in bed.
If a woman does need a hero, she needs him today, not tomorrow.
He strains to hear a whisper who refuses to hear a shout.
The fox often offers the duck its pond.
You read too much and understand too little.
You trouble me so, Rand al’Thor. Light, sometimes I think the Creator made you just to trouble me.
A Warder once told me Trollocs call the Aiel Waste 'the Dying Ground.' I mean to make them give that name to the Two Rivers.
You put your cat in your hat and stuff it down your breeches, Rand al’Thor.
I may be a fool, but I intend to be a live fool.
If I knew everything, Matrim, I would not need to ask questions.