The Complete Wheel of Time Quotes

“If a sword had memory, it might be grateful to the forge fire, but never fond of it.”
― Robert Jordan, The Complete Wheel of Time

“What could not be changed must be endured.”
― Robert Jordan, The Complete Wheel of Time

“Verin Sedai said that most mistakes made by rulers came from not knowing history; they acted in ignorance of the mistakes others had made before them.”
― Robert Jordan, The Complete Wheel of Time

“Siuan said that “stubborn” was a redundancy when it came to men.”
― Robert Jordan, The Complete Wheel of Time

“You can’t patch a hull when the whole boat’s burned.”
― Robert Jordan, The Complete Wheel of Time

“It was like being beaten to death with feathers. Everything reminded him of something else to be done.”
― Robert Jordan, The Complete Wheel of Time

“The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. We are only the thread of the Pattern.”
― Robert Jordan, The Complete Wheel of Time

“The innocent died along with the guilty. And if you did nothing, then only the innocent died. Or as bad as died. Maybe worse than, depending on how you looked at it.”
― Robert Jordan, The Complete Wheel of Time

“you will take what each day brings, whatever it is, and be ready to face the next. That is the kind of people the Two Rivers breeds. That is who you are.”
― Robert Jordan, The Complete Wheel of Time

“At the end of time, when the many become one, the last storm shall gather its angry winds to destroy a land already dying. And at its center, the blind man shall stand upon his own grave.”
― Robert Jordan, The Complete Wheel of Time

“The Aelfinn are not evil, but they are so different from humanity they may as well be so. They are not to be trusted."
—Birgitte Silverbow”
― Robert Jordan, The Complete Wheel of Time

“The hammer could be either a weapon or a tool. Perrin had a choice, just as everyone who followed him had a choice. Hopper had a choice. The wolf had made that choice, risking more in defense of the Light than any human — save Perrin — would ever understand.”
― Robert Jordan, The Complete Wheel of Time

“Perrin held up a horseshoe, then frowned. This wasn't difficult enough work. It was soothing, yes, but today he wanted something more challenging. He felt a need to create, as if to balance the destruction he'd seen in the world, the destruction he'd helped to create.”
― Robert Jordan, The Complete Wheel of Time

“Lan shook his head slightly. “He was better. But he thought I was finished, with only one arm. He never understood. You surrender after you’re dead.” Moiraine nodded. Surrender after you are dead. Yes.”
― Robert Jordan, The Complete Wheel of Time

“It is no treason to do what must be done. And even blasphemy can be tolerated for a cause.”
― Robert Jordan, The Complete Wheel of Time

“Warders,”
― Robert Jordan, The Complete Wheel of Time

“prize isn’t worth the arrow,”
― Robert Jordan, The Complete Wheel of Time

“three, and while he breathed, he could not abandon Elayne or Egwene.”
― Robert Jordan, The Complete Wheel of Time