The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age,called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose #WoT
A man lay dying in a narrow bed, and it was important he not die, yet outside a funeral pyre was being built, and voices raised songs of joy and sadness.
— A Crown of Swords: Book Seven of 'The Wheel of Time' by Robert Jordan
I know that I must die. Those who wish for me to be softer, willing to bend, are those who cannot accept what will happen to me.
— The Gathering Storm: Book Twelve of the Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
@LoyalStrongTru The hope is to attract new readers to enjoy the books. So people interested in the show my tumble across my feet. The quotes hopefully sound intriguing without being revealing.
I started this just to remember the awesome scenes from the story… Now I’m also trying to pull in new
OOC: with the popularity of the TV show I’m trying to take care to manage spoilers. As such I’m selecting quotes that leave off names and places, etc…. Review previous tweets at your own risk!
His rage, his anger, his passion—it was all still there, buried within. But he had surrounded it with ice, cold and immobilizing. It was the ice of the place Semirhage had taught him to go, the place that was like the void, but far more dangerous.
— TGS ch 29 #WheelOfTime
“The road ahead of you,” Haman rumbled, “is long, dark, and, I very much fear, bloodstained. I also very much fear that you will take us all down that road. But you must live to reach the end of it.”
— Lord of Chaos ch 21 : Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time' by Robert Jordan
Perrin, my father says a general can take care of the living or weep for the dead, but he cannot do both.
— The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time' by Robert Jordan
“You lost concentration,” Lan told him. “You must hold on to that even when your muscles turn to water. Lose it, and that is the day you die. And it will probably be a farmboy who has his hands on a sword for the first time who does it.”
— The Shadow Rising: The Wheel of Time
“There are things in dreams to shatter the bravest heart.” Around eyes like blue coals, her face melted, stretched. Scales sprouted where skin had been; her jaws thrust out, lined with sharp teeth. “Things to eat the bravest heart,” she growled. -Amys TSR: The Wheel of Time
They are the Jenn Aiel; we, the Aiel. We are the same, yet not. I cannot explain it further, Garam.” He did not really understand it himself. -Rhodric
— The Shadow Rising ch The Road to the Spear: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time' by Robert Jordan #WheelOfTime
For long years we searched for this place, and now we prepare it, if not for the purpose we once thought. We do what we must, and keep faith.
— Mordaine, The Shadow Rising, Road to the Spear: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time' by Robert Jordan
I remember when he was first named Destroyer of Hope. After he betrayed the Gates of Hevan, and carried the Shadow down into the Rorn M’doi and the heart of Satelle. Hope did seem to die that day, Culan Cuhan wept.
— The Fires of Heaven ch 44: Book Five of The Wheel of Time
“I thought you would remain longer at the bridge. I . . .” Her voice rose in pitch; her eyes widened in panic. “I did not arrange for you to see me! I must get away from you. As far away as I can! I must!””
— The Fires of Heaven: Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time' by Robert Jordan
“Mark what I said, Dhearic,” Rand said. “I came to save this land, not ruin it further. What I say stands for every clan, including the Miagoma”
— The Fires of Heaven ch 23: Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time' by Robert Jordan
“My neck is scrawny and old,” Lini said, [..snip..] “If you want to give it to hangman or headsman, I am almost done with it anyway. ‘A gnarled old branch dulls the blade that severs a sapling.’ ”
— The Fires of Heaven ch 19: Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time' by Robert Jordan
“Do you think that you are my equal, little sister?” Moghedien grimaced in disgust. “Did you stand in the Pit of Doom to dedicate your soul to the Great Lord? Did you taste the sweetness of victory at Paaran Disen, or the bitter ashes at the Asar Don?”
— TFoH The Wheel of Time