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
A cat for a hat, or a hat for a cat. But nothing for nothing.
The only way to live is to die. I must die. I deserve only death.
I can rest when I'm dead.
Belief and order give strength. Have to clear rubble before you can build.
Once you catch a disease and survive, you can't get it again.
Two days' hunger made a fine sauce for anything.
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.
It was easier to be brave when someone needed your protection.
Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes.
If a woman does need a hero, she needs him today, not tomorrow.
A weeping woman is a bucket with no bottom.
Pessimism, she is a fond friend of yours, yes?" - That's uncalled for. I barely know her. Mere acquaintances, at best.
We feel comfortable. What we practice is what we do.
There are people who want me to teach them how to channel,