Quote of the Day!

[yeishia]

Quote of the Day!



~ I hold it true, whatever befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. ~

Alfred, Lord Tennyson​

 

[The_Spectre]

I don't know who said, but I like it.

Dont fear tomorrow or regret the past live for whats now and never look back.​

 

[trudee]

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[Veroe]

Wheel of Time Quotes

"Tears are for after; they just waste time before."
~Elayne Trakand thinking of Lini’s wisdom on p.71 of Path of Daggers~

"Kittens tangle your yarn, men tangle your wits, and it’s simple as breathing for both."
~more of Lini's advice in her head on p.81 of path of daggers~

"Duty is heavy as a mountain, death is light as a feather."
~Lan and Rand in several places throughout the books~

"Whether the wolf beats the bear, or the bear beats the wolf, the rabbit always loses."
~Saying from the Two Rivers~

"It is possible to oppose evil without doing violence... Violence harms the doer as much as the victim."
~Leya: The dragon Reborn~

"To lead, is neither to push nor to pull."
~Leane: The Dragon Reborn~

"Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget."
~Thom Merillin: The Dragon Reborn~

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[Perplexia]

bite unto others as thee would have bitten unto you.

 

[Noon_Shadow]

"Duty is heavy as a mountain, death is light as a feather."
~Lan and Rand in several places throughout the books~​

This one is really a paraphrased Japanese proverb. Which, given the samurai aspects of Shienar and Malkier, which reference a population that might be of the same ethnicity, it makes sense.

One thing I always liked about Robert Jordan was his way of interspersing samples of folk wisdom into his epic storytelling. Characters like Lini, for example.

 

[The_Spectre]

Those who never took a chance, never had a chance.

 

[DarkWarrioress]

The greatest discovery of my generation is
that man can alter his life simply by altering
his attitude of mind.
- William James​

 

[The_Spectre]

"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them."
- Henry David Thoreau​

 

[yeishia]

Quote of the Day!


I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

J.R. Tolkein-Lord of the Rings.​

 

[Cheska]

Quote of the Day!


I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

J.R. Tolkein-Lord of the Rings.​

Bilbo was a hobbit of few words.

 

[yeishia]

Quote of the Day!

|~ In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away ~

shing xiong
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[yeishia]

~ Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others. ~

William Greider

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[Britwitch]

"Virtue has a veil, vice a mask" ~ Victor Hugo

 

[Britwitch]

"Life is the flower for which love is the honey." ~ Victor Hugo

 

[DarkWarrioress]

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
-- Oscar Wilde
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[Perplexia]

"This sucks out loud" Dean Winchester

 

[yeishia]

Quote of the Day!


~ Giving up doesn’t always mean you are weak; sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go. ~

unknown.​

 

[Spirited_woman]

What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.

—John Ruskin

 

[DarkWarrioress]

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard
than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse
yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to
yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.
- - Henry Ward Beecher
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[yeishia]

Quote of the Day!

Unknown​

 

[Veroe]

"To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself and so to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of bread."
~James Baldwin~​

 

[Britwitch]

“People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.” ― Dalai Lama XIV

 

[yeishia]

Quote of the Day!


~You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness.~
Julia Roberts
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[yeishia]

Quote of the Day!



~Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of withering, of tarnishing.~

Anais Nin

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