"If it hurts too much, make it hurt someone else instead."
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Robert Jordan quotes (page 16 of 16)
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"If it's not forbidden, then it's allowed"
"Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes."
"You read too much and understand too little."
"If you ask the lion to protect from from wolves, you have only chosen to end in one belly instead of another."
"Perrin, my father says a general can take care of the living or weep for the dead, but he cannot do both."
"The Golden Crane flies for Tarmon Gai'don!"
"It was easier to be brave when someone needed your protection."
"I'm not certain that I draw from any one culture more than others. Many myths and legends of many different cultures are really the same story when you get to the heart of it. They are often cultural cautionary tales about how we should behave and how we should live."
"I think that quite often you can only find a choice between bad and worse. But I think it's worth making the effort, and I like to expose my characters to that sort of situation."
"To lead is neither to push or pull."
"Once you catch a disease and survive, you can't get it again."
"Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can."