Robert Jordan (1948 – 2007)
Under which he is best known as the author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time fantasy series.
Cheer the bull, or cheer the bear; cheer both, and you will be trampled and eaten.
An Aes Sedai never lies, but the truth she speaks, may not be the truth you think you hear.
A gnarled old branch dulls the blade that severs a sapling.
If it hurts too much, make it hurt someone else instead.
Women do not become exhausted, they only exhaust others.
If wishes were wings, pigs would fly.
To lead is neither to push or pull.
What is already woven cannot be undone. It will not make the trees grow again for you to bring the building down on our heads.
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.
Sometimes, pain is all that lets you know you're alive.
The louder a man tells you he’s honest, the harder you must hold onto your purse.
If you plan for the worst, all surprises are pleasant.
I thought you saidar-ed it.
Never prod at a woman unless you must. She will kill you faster than a man and for less reason, even if she weeps over it after.
And she learned to guard her tongue better. I will wager she did. When we left them, she was still yelping and trying to get those scarlet puffers out of her dress. A scarlet puffer looks much like a red adder if your eye is dull like a wetlander’s, but it is not poisonous. It does wriggle when confined, though.
The more tragic things get, the more I feel like laughing.
It was a gelding, and it would not have hurt me. Horses like me. I am not a little boy: I am nine. And my name is Olver, not boy.
Are you so eager to destroy us?
I’ll not have you bleeding to death on me. That would be just like you, to die and leave me the work of burying you. You have no consideration.
On the heights, the paths are paved with daggers.