17 October: Robert Jordan

Robert Jordan, author of The Wheel of Time books, was born on this date in 1948. Here are ten quotes from him:

1. A beautiful battle is one you don't have to fight.
2. It’s too late to change your mind after you’ve jumped off the cliff.
3. Hardness shatters; strength endures.
4. Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.
5. 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.
6. The men in my family are strong because the women in my family kill and eat the weak ones.
7. Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.
8. There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.
9. We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.
10. Most of those we call heroes only did what they had to do.