38 quotes
Better to try understanding the sun than a woman.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
Better to face the bear than run from it.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
Stopping a man from what he wants to do is like taking a sweet from a child. Sometimes you have to do it, but sometimes it just isn’t worth the trouble.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
The Creator made women to please the eye and trouble the mind.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
At my age, if I make it up, it’s still an old saying.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your losses too long.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
I lead no armies, Warder. I command nothing save myself, and not always that.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
That was all he ever really wanted from women; a smile, a dance, a kiss, and to be remembered fondly.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
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.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
It was easier to trip a fool than to knock him down.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
We all have our limits. And we set them further out than we have any right.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
I’m no lord. I’ve more respect for myself than that.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
The fox often offers the duck its pond.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
If you are not mine, then you are dead.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
If you fell head first into a pigsty, you'd try to convince everybody you did it on purpose.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
It seems to me that kings — and queens — can be fools when they forget what they are and act like who they are, but they’re worse when they only remember what they are and forget who.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
I will see you tonight. Or I will see you dead.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
We are alike in many ways, you and I. There is a darkness in us. Darkness, pain, death. They radiate from us. If ever you love a woman, Rand, leave her and let her find another. It will be the best gift you can give her.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)