Robert Jordan
Robert Jordan
James Oliver Rigney, Jr., better known by his pen name Robert Jordan, was an American author of epic fantasy. He is best known for the Wheel of Time series, which comprises 14 books and a prequel novel. He is one of the several writers who have written seven original Conan the Barbarian novels that are highly acclaimed to this day. Rigney also wrote historical fiction under his pseudonym Reagan O'Neal, a western as Jackson O'Reilly, and dance criticism as Chang...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 October 1948
CityCharleston, SC
CountryUnited States of America
Never kiss a girl whose brothers have knife scars.
Always something new, always something I didn't expect, and sometimes it isn't horrible.
I do not like odd things until I can understand them.
I doubt you can understand the magnitude of the stupidity in your statement
Taking responsibility takes all the joy out of life, and drains a man to dust.
Kneel and swear to the Lord Dragon, or you will be knelt.
And yet many of us do it without families," Nynaeve said. "Without love, without passion beyond our own particular interests. So even while we try to guide the world, we separate ourselves from it.We risk arrogance, Egwene. We always assume we know best, but risk making ourselves unable to fathom the people we claim to serve.
A spoonful of hope and a cup of despair
It's not evil, Rand. I know something evil when I smell it. This isn't evil, it's just incredibly stupid.
A young wolfhound must meet his first wolf someday, but if the wolf sees him as a puppy, if he acts the puppy, the wolf will surely kill him. The wolfhound must be a wolfhound in the wolf's eyes even more than in his own, if he is to survive.
The way back will come but once. Be steadfast.
The pike does not ask the frog's permission before dining.
You must surrender before you can guide.
If you try putting a woman on a horse when she does not want to go, she may put a knife in your ribs.