The Dragon Reborn Quotes
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“We rode on the winds of the rising storm,
We ran to the sounds of the thunder.
We danced among the lightning bolts,
and tore the world asunder.”
― The Dragon Reborn
We ran to the sounds of the thunder.
We danced among the lightning bolts,
and tore the world asunder.”
― The Dragon Reborn
“Til shade is gone,
til water is gone
Into the shadow with teeth bared
Screaming defiance with the last breath
To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day.”
― The Dragon Reborn
til water is gone
Into the shadow with teeth bared
Screaming defiance with the last breath
To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day.”
― The Dragon Reborn
“Death comes to us all; we can only choose how to face it when it comes.”
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― The Dragon Reborn
“Always plan for the worst, child, that way all your surprises are pleasant ones.”
― The Dragon Reborn
― The Dragon Reborn
“Hammar moved to stand beside Galad, still groaning on the ground and trying to push himself up. The warder raised his voice to shout, “Who was the greatest blademaster of all time?’
From the throats of dozens of students came a massed bellow. “Jearom, Gaidin!”
“Yes!” Hammar shouted, turning to make sure all heard. “During his lifetime, Jearom fought over ten thousand times, in battle and single combat. He was defeated once. By a farmer with a quarterstaff! Remember that. Remember what you just saw.”
During his lifetime, the greatest blademaster fought over ten thousand times, in battle and single combat. He was defeated once. By a farmer with a quarterstaff! Remember that.”
― The Dragon Reborn
From the throats of dozens of students came a massed bellow. “Jearom, Gaidin!”
“Yes!” Hammar shouted, turning to make sure all heard. “During his lifetime, Jearom fought over ten thousand times, in battle and single combat. He was defeated once. By a farmer with a quarterstaff! Remember that. Remember what you just saw.”
During his lifetime, the greatest blademaster fought over ten thousand times, in battle and single combat. He was defeated once. By a farmer with a quarterstaff! Remember that.”
― The Dragon Reborn
“Remember that any meal can be your last. You chose to travel with us, so tonight you will eat fish. Tomorrow, you may die.”
― The Dragon Reborn
― The Dragon Reborn
“Does it make you brave to stick your hand in a bear's mouth? Would you do it again just because you didn't die?”
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― The Dragon Reborn
“The way back will come but once. Be steadfast.”
― The Dragon Reborn
― The Dragon Reborn
“He did not think anyone needed to look after Nynaeve; around Nynaeve, to his mind, other people needed someone to look after them.”
― The Dragon Reborn
― The Dragon Reborn
“Kill a man who needs killing, and sometimes others pay for it. The question is, was it worth doing it anyway? There's always a balance, you know. Good and evil. Light and Shadow. We would not be human if there wasn't a balance.”
― The Dragon Reborn
― The Dragon Reborn
“For the young, death is an enemy they wish to try their strength against. For those of us a little older, she is an old friend, an old lover, but one we are not eager to meet again soon.”
― The Dragon Reborn
― The Dragon Reborn
“Sandar came to stand beside him, frowning down at the crumpled High Lord. "He does not look so mighty lying there," he said wonderingly. "He does not look so much greater than me.”
― The Dragon Reborn
― The Dragon Reborn
“You wish me to tell you all of my secrets? I am grateful, but I am not in love.”
― The Dragon Reborn
― The Dragon Reborn
“Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.”
― The Dragon Reborn
― The Dragon Reborn
“And his paths shall be many, and who shall know his name, for he shall be beorn among us many times, in many guises, as he has been and ever will be, time without end. His coming shall be like the sharp edge of the plow, turning our lives in furrows form out of the places where we lie in our silence. The breaker of binds; the forger of chains. The maker of futures; the unshaper of destiny.
-from Commentaries on the Prophecies of the Dragon, by Jurith Dorine, Right Hand to the Queen of Almoren, 742 AB, the Third Age”
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-from Commentaries on the Prophecies of the Dragon, by Jurith Dorine, Right Hand to the Queen of Almoren, 742 AB, the Third Age”
― The Dragon Reborn
“I am Rand al’Thor!” he called, so his voice rang through the chamber. “I am the Dragon Reborn!”
― The Dragon Reborn
― The Dragon Reborn
“A pattern that is all one color is no pattern.”
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― The Dragon Reborn
“If you can’t hide what you are going to do, do it so everybody thinks you are a fool.”
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― The Dragon Reborn
“The only people I ever met who were sensible all the time were so boring that watching them could put you to sleep.”
― The Dragon Reborn
― The Dragon Reborn
“A man is the easiest animal to put on a leash, and the hardest to keep leashed. Even when he chooses it himself.”
― The Dragon Reborn
― The Dragon Reborn
“Just because fate has chosen something for you instead of you choosing it for yourself doesn’t mean it has to be bad.”
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― The Dragon Reborn
“Heart of the Dark. Ba’alzamon. Name hidden within name shrouded by name. Secret buried within secret cloaked by secret. Betrayer of Hope. Ishamael betrays all hope. Truth burns and sears. Hope fails before truth. A lie is our shield. Who can stand against the Heart of the Dark? Who can face the Betrayer of Hope? Soul of shadow, Soul of the Shadow, he is—”
― The Dragon Reborn
― The Dragon Reborn
“And it was written that no hand but his should wield the Sword held in the Stone, but he did draw it out, like fire in his hand, and his glory did burn the world. Thus did it begin. Thus do we sing his Rebirth. Thus do we sing the beginning.”
― The Dragon Reborn
― The Dragon Reborn
“I call myself Mandarb.” He could not stop the guffaw that burst out of him. Those tilted eyes regarded him with heat. “I will teach you something, farmboy.” Her voice remained level. Barely. “In the Old Tongue, Mandarb means ‘blade.’ It is a name worthy of a Hunter of the Horn!”
He managed to get his laughter under control, and hardly wheezed at all as he pointed to the rope pen between the masts. “You see that black stallion? His name is Mandarb.”
The heat went out of her eyes, and spots of color bloomed on her cheeks. “Oh.”
― The Dragon Reborn
He managed to get his laughter under control, and hardly wheezed at all as he pointed to the rope pen between the masts. “You see that black stallion? His name is Mandarb.”
The heat went out of her eyes, and spots of color bloomed on her cheeks. “Oh.”
― The Dragon Reborn
“The roar behind him was louder than anything he had ever heard in his life; a monstrous fist punched him in the back, knocking all the wind out of him even before he landed, sprawled on his belly on the wall top, barely holding on to his staff as it swung over the edge.”
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― The Dragon Reborn
“You are a fine judge of character, child. You must have done well as the Wisdom of your village. It was Laras who went to Sheriam and demanded to know how long you three are to be kept to the dirtiest and hardest work, without a turn at lighter. She said she would not be a party to breaking any woman’s health or spirit, no matter what I said. A fine judge of character, child.”
― The Dragon Reborn
― The Dragon Reborn
“Just because fate has chosen something for you instead of you choosing it for yourself doesn’t mean it has to be bad. Even if it’s something you are sure you would never have chosen in a hundred years. ‘Better ten days of love than years of regretting,’ ” she quoted.”
― The Dragon Reborn
― The Dragon Reborn
“We come, brother. We come, Young Bull.”
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― The Dragon Reborn
“The pin was the smallest part of a pair of scissors, and the easiest made, but without it, the scissors cut no cloth.”
― The Dragon Reborn
― The Dragon Reborn