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
Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your loses for too long.
There is some delight in ale and wine And some in girls with ankles fine But my delight, yes always mine Is to dance with Jak O’ the Shadows We will toss the dice however they fall And snuggle the girls be they short or tall Then follow Lord Mat whenever he calls To dance with Jak O’ the Shadows.
Often you don't know whether a woman is friend, enemy or lover until it is too late. Sometimes, she is all three.
Why, that's like being told to go up in the hills to find lions, only you do not know whether there are any lions, but if there are, they may be hunting you, and they may be disguised as bushes. Oh, and if you find any lions, try not to let them eat you before you can tell where they are. -Elayne
Reading is like breathing. If you take it away, first I become antsy, then violent.
Duty is heavier than a mountain, Dai Shan.' That time, Lan did flinch. How long had it been since someone had been able to do that to him with mere words? He remembered teaching that same concept to a youth out of the Two Rivers. A sheepherder, innocent of the world, fearful of the fate laid out before him by the Pattern.
the wolf may fight the bear but the rabbit always looses
Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses.
A slow horse does not always reach the end of the journey.
hope is like a piece of string when you’re drowning; it just isn’t enough to get you out by itself.
She’s not for you, nor you for her; at least, not in the way you both want.
Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.
There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.
A woman's eyes cut deeper than a knife.