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
If the world is ending, a woman will want to fix her hair. If the world's ending, a woman will take the time to tell a man something he's done wrong. -Matrim Cauthon
I grew up around strong women; weak men were pickled and salted. The women wouldn't waste time raising a weak boy.
Perrin, my father says a general can take care of the living or weep for the dead, but he cannot do both.
Hardness shatters; strength endures.
Love is an odd thing. As odd a thing as there is.
Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses.
She’s not for you, nor you for her; at least, not in the way you both want.
As my Lord says, my Lord's leg is not a side of beef. Thank you, my Lord, for instructing me.
Always plan for the worst, child, that way all your surprises are pleasant ones.
One pretty woman means fun at the dance. Two pretty women means trouble in the house. Three pretty women means run at the hills.
Better to have one woman on your side than ten men.
A woman's eyes cut deeper than a knife.
May you shelter in the palm of the Creator's hand, and may the last embrace of the mother welcome you home.
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.