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“Duty is heavy as a mountain, death is light as a feather.”
― Robert Jordan

“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.”
― Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven

“I doubt you can understand the magnitude of the stupidity in your statement”
― Robert Jordan, The Gathering Storm

“The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.”
― Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World

“There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.”
― Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt

“One more dance along the razor's edge finished. Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today.”
― Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos

“In a cruel land, you either learned to laugh at cruelty or spent your life weeping.”
― Robert Jordan, A Crown of Swords

“Relax, lad. Take life as it comes. Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.”
― Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World

“I don't know. They could put up a warning sign or something. Hello. Welcome to Hindstrap. We will murder you in the night and eat your bloody face if you stay past sunset. Try the pies. Martna Maily makes them fresh daily.”
― Robert Jordan, The Gathering Storm

“What is too absurd to be believed is believed because it is too absurd to be a lie.”
― Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos

“Some men […] choose to seek greatness, while others are forced to it. It is always better to choose than to be forced.
A man who is forced is never completely his own master. He must dance on the strings of those who forced him.”
― Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt

“You read too much and understand too little.”
― Robert Jordan, The Shadow Rising

“If you plan for the worst, all surprises are pleasant.”
― Robert Jordan, The Shadow Rising

“If you watch the wolf too hard, a mouse will bite you on the ankle”
― Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World

“How would you feel," Elayne said softly, "if you saw your queen trying to kill a Trolloc with a sword as you ran away?"
"I'd feel like I needed to bloody move to another country," Birgitte snapped, loosing another arrow, "one where the monarchs don't have pudding for brains.”
― Robert Jordan, A Memory of Light

“Listen sharp, think deep, and guard your tongue- Tam al'Thor”
― Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World

“If wishes had wings, sheep would fly.”
― Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World

“At my age, if I make it up, it's still an old saying.”
― Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven

“Most of those we call heroes only did what they had to do.”
― Robert Jordan

“Knowing serves no real purpose, but then, neither does not knowing. Myself, I always prefer knowing to not.”
― Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt

“Hardness shatters; strength endures.”
― 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

“Fear cuts deeper than swords.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, 5-Book Boxed Set: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, A Dance with Dragons

“When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“The things we love destroy us every time, lad. Remember that.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“What is honor compared to a woman's love? What is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms . . . or the memory of a brother's smile? Wind and words. Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Every man must die, Jon Snow. But first he must live.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords