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The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2) QUOTES

The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2) QUOTES

1 " I do not like odd things until I can understand them. "

― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

2 " Women often seemed to leave things unsaid, and in his limited experience it was what they did not say that proved the most trouble. "

― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

3 " Those intricate curves and patterns your people create are beyond human eyes and hands to make. Perhaps we wished to avoid a poor imitation that would only have been an ever-present reminder to us of what we had lost. There is a different beauty in simplicity, in a single line placed just so, a single flower among the rocks. The harshness of the stone makes the flower more precious. We try not to dwell too much on what is gone. The strongest heart will break under that strain. "

― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

4 " No man can walk so long in the Shadow that he cannot come again to the Light. "

― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

5 " Always something new, always something I didn't expect, and sometimes it isn't horrible. "

― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

6 " Better to have one woman on your side than ten men. "

― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

7 " There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet. "

― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

8 " A pig painted gold is still a pig. "

― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

9 " There was a wild light in his eyes. "Bring your lightnings, Aes Sedai. I will dance with them. "

― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

10 " 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. "

― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

11 " Knowing serves no real purpose, but then, neither does not knowing. Myself, I always prefer knowing to not. "

― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

12 " The people seemed nearly ostentatious about minding their own business. "

― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

13 " The Light shine on you, and the Creator shelter you. The last embrace of the mother welcome you home. "

― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

14 " Death is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain. So many duties. Egwene. "

― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

15 " Lord Rand," Nynaeve snorted. "That young man is growing too big for his breeches. When I get my hand on him, I'll lord him. "

― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

16 " Some men […] choose to seek greatness, while others are forced to it. It is always better to choose than to be forced.
A man who is forced is never completely his own master. He must dance on the strings of those who forced him. "

― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

17 " Well, I can admire stubbornness in a man. There is little to a man who's too easily biddable. "

― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

18 " When we Shienarans ride, every man knows who is next in line if the man in command falls. A chain unbroken right down to the last man left, even if he's nothing but a horseholder. That way, you see, even if he is the last man, he is not just a straggler running and trying to stay alive. He has the command,and duty calls him to do what must be done. If I go to the last embrace of the mother, the duty is yours. You will find the Horn, and you will take it where it belongs. You will. "

― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

19 " No soy un señor, milady. Soy un pastor, y toco la flauta en las posadas "

― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

20 " Mat gaped at them as they reined in before him and the others. "Is this...? Is this all of you?" they were little more than a hundred. Red saw and realized that somehow he had know that they would be.
"It takes more than bravery to bind a man to the Horn." Arthur Hawkwing`s voice was deep and carrying, a voice used to giving commands.
"Or a woman," Birgitte said sharply.
"Or a woman," Hawkwing agreed. "Only a few are bound to the Wheel, spun out again and again to work the will of the Wheel in the Pattern of the Ages. You could tell him, Lews Therin, could you but remember when you wore flesh. "

― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)