The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend—or in this case, legendary quotes! If “Blood and bloody ashes!” is part of your daily vocabulary and you have all 15 books of The Wheel of Time on your bookshelf (yes, we count New Spring, don’t we?), then you’re in the right place. As a fan who’s been through every twist and turn of Robert Jordan’s fantasy saga—cheers to Brandon Sanderson for bringing it home—I’ve dug up 20 of the most memorable lines to share with you. Let’s light this up!
1. “Kneel and swear to the Lord Dragon, or you will be knelt.”
― Lord of Chaos
2. “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.”
― The Eye of the World
3. “Strong endures; hard shatters.”
― The Path of Daggers
4. “There are no endings, and never will be endings, to the turning of the Wheel of Time.”
― A Memory of Light
5. “We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.”
― Lord of Chaos
6. “Death is lighter than a feather. Duty, heavier than a mountain.”
― The Eye of the World
7. “One shall be born to face the Shadow, born once more as he was born before and shall be born again, time without end. The Dragon shall be Reborn, and there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth at his rebirth. In sackcloth and ashes shall he clothe the people, and he shall break the world again by his coming, tearing apart all ties that bind. Like the unfettered dawn shall he blind us, and burns us, yet shall The Dragon Reborn confront the Shadow at the Last battle, and his blood shall give us the Light.”
― The Great Hunt
8. “Dovie’andi se tovya sagain.”
(Time to toss the dice)
― The Fires of Heaven
9. “Half of what you heard about me isn’t true, and the other half wasn’t my fault.”
― The Great Hunt
10. “You have made a place in my heart where I thought there was no room for anything else. You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones.”
― The Shadow Rising
11. “Tai’shar Malkier! Tai’shar Manetheren!”
(True blood of Malkier! True blood of Manetheren!)
― The Great Hunt
12. “Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today.”
― Lord of Chaos
13. “Death comes to us all; we can only choose how to face it when it comes.”
― The Dragon Reborn
14. “As the Wheel of Time turns, places wear many names. Men wear many names, many faces. Different faces, but always the same man. Yet no one knows the Great Pattern the Wheel weaves, or even the Pattern of an Age. We can only watch, and study, and hope.”
― The Eye of the World
15. “We can’t go back, Mat. The Wheel has turned, for better or worse. And it will keep on turning, as lights die and forests dim, storms call and skies break. Turn it will. The Wheel is not hope, and the Wheel does not care, the Wheel simply is.”
― The Gathering Storm
16. “There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.”
― The Great Hunt
17. “A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy.”
― Lord of Chaos
18. “The louder a man tells you he’s honest, the harder you must hold onto your purse.”
― The Fires of Heaven
19. “A man who trusts everyone is a fool and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools if we live long enough.”
― Winter’s Heart
20. “May you shelter in the palm of the Creator’s hand, and may the last embrace of the mother welcome you home.”
― The Great Hunt
Let the Wheel weave as the Wheel wills, and if these words resonated with you, pass them on to fellow fans across time and Age.
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