The Wheel of Time Quotes | Poems, sayings about love, men and women, humor and more!
The Wheel of Time quotes can fit any situation – from fantastic poems, to beautiful descriptions of love, to funny, to providing sound advice. Which are your favorite Wheel of Time quotes?
Wheel of Time Quotes
All was shattered, and all but memory lost, and one memory above all others, of him who brought the Shadow and the Breaking of the World. And him they named Dragon.
The Dark One stirs in Shayol Ghul. The Shadow lies across the Patten, and the future is balanced on the point of a pin. This one is dangerous.
Elaida do Avriny a’Roihan, The Eye of the World
He is born again! I feel him! The Dragon takes his first breath on the slope of Dragonmount! He is coming! He is coming! Light help us! Light help the world! He lies in the snow and cries like the thunder! He burns like the sun!
Gitara Moroso, New Spring
The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. No eye can see the Pattern until it is woven.
Moiraine Damodred, The Eye of the World
You cannot escape so easily, Dragon. It is not done between us. It will not be done until the end of time.
Ishamael, The Eye of the World
What was, what will be, and what is may yet fall under the shadow. For what mortal men forget, the Aes Sedai do not.
The Eye of the World
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.
Moiraine Damodred, The Eye of the World
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.
The Great Hunt
Duty is heavy as a mountain, death is light as a feather.
Saying in Sheinar, The Great Hunt (Originally from the Japanese Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors)
He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that.
New Spring
Kneel and swear to the Lord Dragon, or you will be knelt
Mazrim Taim, The Lord of Chaos
The Wheel of Time beginning quote
The Wheel of Time beginning quote appears at the start of each book, beginning with The Eye of the World
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.
Wheel of Time Poetry and Songs
Robert Jordan wrote elegant poetry and songs for The Wheel of Time. Here are some of our favorite verses:
Weep for Manetheren
We walk the footsteps of our fathers
The trail blazed by our mothers
They bought the land with their blood
Long ago
Long ago
Oh, sing
Sing of Manetheren
Oh, weep
Weep for the blood of Aemon
Oh, cry
Cry for Manetheren
Long ago
Long ago
Season 1, Episode 2
Rand, Egwyne, Perrin, and Mat sing this song in Season 1, Episode 2 while they are traveling with Moiraine. Afterwards, she explains the history of Manetheren to them
He Can’t Forget
The colors of his morning
The darkness of his night
Little graves that gave no warning
A sun that brought no light
He saw his whole world breaking
That tortured soul I met
In the prison of his making
The man who can’t forget
I can still hear the way that he cried
for the ones he was missing
I can still hear the way that he cried
for the ones he had lost
He saw them in the rivers
He felt them in the rain
In dreams he heard them whisper
The truth that is his pain
He caused the whole world’s breaking
That tortured soul I met
In a prison of his making
The man who can’t forget
Thom, Season 1, Episode 3
Aiel Oath
Till shade is gone, till 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.
Aiel Oath, The Eye of the World
Children’s Chant
The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule.
Chant from a children’s game heard in Great Aravalon, the Fourth Age
The Color of Trust
Give me your trust, said the Aes Sedai
For on my shoulders, I support the sky
Trust me to know, and to do what is best,
And I will take care of the rest.
But trust is the color of a dark seed growing,
Trust is the color of a heart’s blood flowing,
Trust is the color of a soul’s last breath,
Trust is the color of death.
Give me your trust, said the queen on her throne
For I must bear the burden all alone
Trust me to know, and to judge, and to rule
And no man will think you a fool.
But trust is the sound of a grave-dog’s bark,
Trust is the sound of betrayal in the dark,
Trust is the sound of a soul’s last breath,
Trust is the sound of death.
ancient song, Lord of Chaos
The Fox and the Ravens
Fortune rides like the sun on high
with the fox that makes the ravens fly.
Luck his soul, the lightning his eye,
He snatches the moons from out of the sky.
The Prophecies of the Dragon
Twice and twice shall he be marked,
Twice to live, and twice to die.
Once the heron, to set his path.
Twice the heron, to name him true.
Once the Dragon, for remembrance lost.
Twice the Dragon, for the price he must pay.
Twice dawns the day when his blood is shed.
Once for mourning, once for birth.
Red on black, the Dragon’s blood stains the rock of Shayol Ghul.
In the Pit of Doom shall his blood free men from the Shadow.
The unstained tower breaks and bends knee to the forgotten sign.
The seas rage, and the storm clouds gather unseen.
Beyond the horizon, hidden fires swell, and serpents nestle in the bosom.
What was exalted is cast down; what was cast down is raised up.
Order burns to clear his path.
The Prophecies of the Dragon, translation by Jeorad Manyard, Governor of the Province of Andor for the High King, Artur Paendrag Tanreall
The Prophecies of the Dragon
There can be no health in us, nor any good thing grow, for the land is one with the Dragon Reborn, and he one with the land. Soul of fire, heart of stone, in pride he conquers, forcing the proud to yield. He calls upon the mountains to kneel and the seas to give way, and the very skies to bow. Pray that the heart of stone remembers tears, and the soul of fire, love.
From a much-disputed translation of The Prophecies of the Dragon by the poet Kyera Termandal, of Shiota, believed to have been published between FY 700 and FY 800
The Song of the Band of the Red Hand
We’ll toss the dice however they fall,
and snuggle the girls be they short or tall,
then follow young Mat whenever he calls,
to dance with Jak o’ the Shadows.
Song of the Band of the Red Hand, The Fires of Heaven
We Rode on the Winds
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
Soon Comes
Soon comes the day all shall be free.
Even you, and even me.
Soon comes the day all shall die.
Surely you, but never I.
Padan Fain, The Great Hunt, Chapter 3: Friends and Enemies
Wisdom and Advice
Small hopes can grow surprising fruit.
Knife of Dreams
The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.
The Eye of the World
I’ve seen men die because they were sure that what should not happen, would not.
The Eye of the World
In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes.
Thom Merrilin, The Eye of The World
If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.
Birgitte Silverbow, The Fires of Heaven
The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.
The Fires of Heaven
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.
Lews Therin Telamon, Winter’s Heart
Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.
Elyas Machera, The Eye of the World
But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.
The Great Hunt
“Small things were important. Seconds were small things, and if you heaped enough of those on top of one another, they became a man’s life.”
Androl, Towers of Midnight
“Death comes for us all. We can only choose how to face it when it comes.”
Aviendha
The worst sin a general can commit, worse than blundering, worse than losing, worse than anything, is to desert the men who depend on him.
Faile Bashere, The Shadow Rising
Small increases in chaos are as important as large.
Sammael, A Crown of Swords
Killing is as easy as dying, any fool can do either.
saying among the Aiel, The Fires of Heaven
Remember the flame, lad, and the void.
Tam al’Thor, The Eye of the World
Grey hairs don’t mean our brains have curdled.
Tam al’Thor, The Eye of the World
Teach him how you will, a pig will never play the flute.
Thom Merillin, The Eye of the World
I may be an old fool, but I will be an old fool in my own way.
Thom Merillin, The Eye of the World
I’m only an old gleeman. Who could I possibly be dangerous to?
Thom Merillin, The Eye of the World
Inscriptions
The grave is no bar to my call.
inscription on the Horn of Valere, The Eye of the World
Thus is our treaty written; thus is agreement made. Thought is the arrow of time; memory never fades. What was asked is given; the price is paid.
inscription on Mat’s ashandarei, The Shadow Rising
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Wheel of Time quotes about love
These Wheel of Time quotes about love are perfect for any occasion. In fact, some people have even used them to inspire anniversary and wedding gifts.
Each time we live, we get to love again…. It all swept over him, lives lived, mistakes made, love changing everything. He saw the entire world in his mind’s eye, lit by the glow in his hand. He remembered lives, hundreds of them, thousands of them, stretching to infinity. He remembered love, and peace, and joy, and hope.
Rand al’Thor
We rode the winds of the rising storm
We ran to the sound of thunder
We danced among the rain
We tore the world asunder
Crossroads of Twilight
When you wish for so long that you could hear something, and then suddenly, without warning, you do, it is like a lightning strike and rain on parched ground. You’re stunned but you cannot hear enough.
The light of her eyes is my Light
Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven inscription
You are more precious to me than life. Never think I have abandoned you. When the sun shines on you, it is my smile. When you hear the breeze stir through the apple blossoms, it is my whisper that I love you. My love is yours forever
I’d burn the world and use my soul as tinder to hear her laugh again
Lews Therin Telamon, Fires of Heaven
“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.
Lan Mandragoran, The Shadow Rising
What I love, I destroy. What I destroy, I love.
Lews Therin Telamon, Lord of Chaos
I will hate the man you choose because he is not me, and love him if he makes you smile. No woman deserves the sure knowledge of widow’s black as her brideprice, you least of all.
Lan Mandragoran, The Eye of the World
Wheel of Time quotes about fear and bravery
It was easier to be brave when someone needed your protection.
The Eye of the World
We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.
Lord of Chaos
Wheel of Time Greetings and Sayings
- Mother’s milk in a cup! (curse)
- Blood and bloody ashes (curse)
- The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills.
- Thank the Light
- Shade of my heart (Aiel term of endearment)
- It’s time to toss the dice.
- May you always find water and shade (Aiel farewell)
- Sleep well and wake
- You woolheaded sheepherder
- You anvil-headed blacksmith
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Quotes about Stories and Reading
Stories have power. Gleemen’s tales, and bards’ epics, and rumors in the street alike. They stir passions, and change the way men see the world.
Winter’s Heart
Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long enough, isn’t it?
A Memory of Light
I do read sometimes.
Mat Cauthon, The Shadow Rising
Read and find out.”
Robert Jordan
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Wheel of Time quotes in the Old Tongue
Sa souvraya niende misain ye (I am lost in my own mind)
Mat Cauthon, The Shadow Rising
Carai an Ellisande! Al Ellisande! Mordero daghain pas duente cuebiyar! Al Ellisande!
Mat Cauthon, The Eye of the World
Dovie’andi se tovya sagain (It’s time to toss the dice).
Mat Cauthon
Sene sovya caba’donde ain dovienya (Luck is a horse to ride like any other)
Carai an Caldazar! Carai an Ellisande! Al Ellisande! (For the honor of the Red Eagle! For the Honor of the Rose of the Sun! The Rose of the Sun!)
Mat Cauthon
Mia ayende, Aes Sedai! Caballein misain ye! Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye! (Release me, Aes Sedai! I am a free man, Aes Sedai! I am no Aes Sedai meat! Release me!)
Mat Cauthon
Tia mi aven Moridin isande vadin (The grave is no bar to my call)
The inscription on the Horn of Valere
Deyeniye, dyu ninte concion ca’lyet ye (Majesty, by your summons do I come)
Mat Cauthon
Mia dovienya nesodhin soende (Luck carry me through)
Carai an manshimaya ayendan (Honor of my blade for the fallen)
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Aes Sedai Quotes
Browns seek knowledge, Blues meddle in causes, and Whites consider the questions of truth with implacable logic. We all do some of it all, of course. But to be Green means to stand ready. In the Trolloc Wars, we were often called the Battle Ajah. All Aes Sedai helped where and when they could, but the Green Ajah alone was always with the armies, in almost every battle. We were the counter to the dreadlords. The Battle Ajah. And now we stand ready, for the Trollocs to come south again, for Tarmon Gai’don. The Last Battle. We will be there. That is what it means to be Green. -Alanna
If the White Tower dies, hope dies. I shouldn’t have to tell you that again.
Egwene al’Vere, Crossroads of Twilight
Never anger an Aes Sedai. Better to embrace the sun than to anger an Aes Sedai.
Loial, The Dragon Reborn
What was, what will be, and what is may yet fall under the shadow. For what mortal men forget, the Aes Sedai do not.
The Eye of the World
The Oaths hold us together, a stated set of beliefs that bind us all, a single thread running through every sister, living or dead, back to the first to lay her hands on the Oath Rod. They are what make us Aes Sedai, not saidar.
Siuan Sanche, The Path of Daggers
They don’t lie, not right out, but the truth an Aes Sedai tells you is not always the truth you think it is.
Tam al’Thor, The Eye of the World
And I make a point of never knowing anything about Aes Sedai. Much safer that way.
Thom Merrilin, The Eye of the World
Cairhienin may play Daes Dae’mar, but it was the White Tower that made the Great Game in the first place.
Thom Merrilin, The Great Hunt
Funny Wheel of Time Quotes
Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile. —The Gathering Storm
Go juggle something.
Min Farshaw, to Thom Merrilin, The Eye of the World
If you meet a woman – the most beautiful woman you’ve ever seen – run!
Min Farshaw, to Perrin Aybara
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What is a nine horse hitch, anyway?
Min Farshaw, The Fires of Heaven
I guess being ta’veren isn’t all cheese and ale.
Davram Bashere, The Path of Daggers
“I’d name you Darkfriend as well, but I suspect the Dark One would perhaps be embarrassed to associate with you”
Egwene al’Vere
Kick her? Elayne really was becoming violent, spending so much time with Aviendha. Someone ought to slap some sense into that pair.
Nynaeve
If you fell head first into a pigsty, you’d try to convince everybody you did it on purpose.
Egwene al’Vere, The Fires of Heaven
I’ll not have you bleeding to death on me. That would be just like you, to die and leave me the work of burying you. You have no consideration.
Faile Bashere, The Shadow Rising
You’ve seen the tiganza, have you? Someday, if you are good, I may dance the sa’sara for you, and show you what a dance really is.
Faile Bashere, The Shadow Rising
At my age, if I make it up, it is still an old saying.
Lini, The Fires of Heaven
“I don’t know. They could put up a warning sign or something. Hello. Welcome to Hinderstap. We will murder you in the night and eat your bloody face if you stay past sunset. Try the pies. Martna Baily makes them fresh daily.”
Mat Cauthon, The Gathering Storm
“Some said Delana was successful as a mediator because both sides would agree just to make her stop staring at them.”
“How do you fight someone smarter than yourself?’ Rand whispered. ‘The answer is simple. You make her think that you are sitting down across the table from her, ready to play her game. Then you punch her in the face as hard as you can.”
I want to get drunk as a drowned mouse, and fast!
Min Farshaw, Winter’s Heart
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Wheel of Time quotes about men and women
“Nobody tells us how to be men. We just are.”
“That,” Egwene said, “is probably why you make such a bad job of it.
Perrin and Egwene, The Eye of the World
Fall in love with a man, and you end up doing laundry, even if it does belong to another man.
Min Farshaw, The Fires of Heaven
“Do you know why Maidens use handtalk? Because even when they are not talking, they cannot stop talking.”
Men are strange. I think it has something to do with the hair on their chins.”
Min
Why is it, when you reason things out logically, a man always does something completely illogical and gains the upper hand?
Aviendha, The Path of Daggers
“Often you don’t know whether a woman is friend, enemy or lover until it is too late. Sometimes, she is all three.”
Thom
Kittens tangle your yarn, men tangle your wits, and it’s as easy as breathing for both.
Lini, The Path of Daggers
When a young woman’s cheeks redden for no apparent reason, there is usually a man involved.
Sorilea, to Egwene al’Vere, Lord of Chaos
It was a simple truth; the Creator made women so men would not find life too easy.”
Matrim Cauthon
The woman never wanted much. Just her own way. Like just about every other woman he had ever known.
Mat, Knife of Dreams
“A woman will kill you for half the reason of a man, but cry twice as hard afterward.”
Thom
Never prod at a woman unless you must. She will kill you faster than a man and for less reason, even if she weeps over it after.
Lews Therin, Lord of Chaos
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Wrap Up – Wheel of Time Quotes
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