Fall in love with a man, and you end up doing laundry, even if it does belong to another man.
Quotes from The Fires of Heaven — Robert Jordan
1948–2007 United States
38 quotes
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
The louder a man tells you he’s honest, the harder you must hold onto your purse.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
It’s too late to change your mind after you’ve jumped off the cliff.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
The more women there are about, the softer a wise man steps.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
Never kiss a girl whose brothers have knife scars.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
A man is a man, on a throne or in a pigsty.
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A fool puts her hand into a hollow tree without finding out what’s inside first.
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I would burn the world and use my soul for tinder to hear her laugh again.
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If you don’t look for snakes, you cannot complain when one bites you.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
"Wish" and "want" trip the feet, but "is" makes the path smoother.
The Fires of Heaven (1993)
Not thinking about a thorn doesn’t make it hurt your foot less.
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Even a queen stubs her toe, but a wise woman watches the path.
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There’s no point letting honey age too long before you eat it.
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A flapping tongue can put you in the net instead of the fish.
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When the honey’s out of the comb, there’s no putting it back.
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A gnarled old branch dulls the blade that severs a sapling.
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A fool puts a burr under the saddle before she rides.
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Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robert Jordan (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.