Located below is a list of sayings found in the books. Use these while
creating dialog.
Expressions of good will
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- The Light shine on [me/you/etc.]. (I: 8, 81)
- Light above (I: 81)
- The Light willing. (I: 128)
- In the name of the Light (I: 183)
- The Light illumine you. (I: 89)
- The Light send that [whatever]. (I: 228)
- May you shelter in the palm of the Creator's hand. (II: 524) |
Curses
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- The Light consume you. (I: 120)
- Light-blinded fool (I: 179)
- The Light blind [me/you/etc.]. (I: 517)
- Burn my soul. (IV: 165)
- Burn [me/you/etc.] [for a fool]. (I: 13, 427)
- blood and ashes (I: 14)
- bloody (I: 561)
- blood-be-damned (I: 584)
- For the Love of the Light. (III: 53) |
Greeting
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| - Aiel welcome: We offer water and shade. (IV: 381) |
Farewell
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- Go in the Light. (III: 151)
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Expressions of "what's done is done"
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- The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. (I: 92)
- What is done is already woven in the Pattern. (I: 140)
- What is already woven cannot be undone. (I: 665)
- No use trying to put a broken egg back in the shell. (I: 127)
When the honey's out of the comb, there's no putting it back. (V: 250) |
Expressions of something being rare
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| - It will snow in Tear before... (V: 203) |
Luck
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- [He/She/etc.] has the Dark One's own luck. (I: 109)
- Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes. (I: 525) |
Expressions of the mystery of the world
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| - No eye can see the Pattern until it is woven. (I: 418) |
Aes Sedai
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- The truth an Aes Sedai tells you is not always the truth you think
it is. (I: 126)
- Better to spit in a wolf's eye than to anger an Aes Sedai. (I: 166)
- The price of Aes Sedai help is always smaller than you can believe,
and greater than you can imagine.(I: 57)
- An Aes Sedai's gift is bait for a fish. (II: 34)
- A man will cut off his own hand to get rid of a splinter before asking
help from an Aes Sedai. (IV: 16)
- Better to embrace the sun than to anger an Aes Sedai. (III: 89)
- To anger an Aes Sedai is to put one's head in a hornet's nest. (III:
98) |
Stupidity/Foolishness/Bumpkin
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- wool-headed (I: 179)
- build a bridge of straw (III: 293)
- fools whistling in a high wind (V: 204)
- cutting the fool (playing the fool) (VI: 507)
- mudfoot (country bumpkin) (VI: 531)
- Fools only listen to themselves. (VI: 511) |
Healthy
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| - as healthy as a bull (III: 327) |
Tricky/Sneaky
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- as tricksome as a cat (III: 324)
- The louder a man tells you he's honest, the harder you must hold on to
your purse. (V: 518)
- The fox often offers to give the duck its pond. (V: 518) |
Crazy
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| - taken by the Dragon (crazy) (III: 273) |
Violent/Angry
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- like a bear with a sore tooth (angry) (III: 293)
- black-veiled Aiel (someone violent) (III: 383)
- to set the sun afire (raging anger) (IV: 542)
- chew rocks (lecture) (IV: 554)
- bless [you/him] out (chew [you/him] out) (IV: 95)
- out of round (out of joint) (III: 248) |
Love
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- make calf-eyes at (moon over) (III: 526)
- Better ten days of love than years of regretting. (III: 57) |
Rescue/Help
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| - pull [his/her] bacon off the coals (IV: 397) |
Simple/Easy
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| - easy as stealing a pie (easy as taking candy from a baby) (VI:
560) |
Annoying
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| - getting under my coat (getting under my skin) (IV: 251) |
Difficult or Difficult Situation
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- caught between two millstones (between a rock and a hard place)
(IV: 503)
- the greasy end of the stick (short end of the stick) (III: 218)
- tiptoeing on eggs (walking on eggs) (III: 545)
- A hard patch to hoe. (IV: 126)
- hard times and stony days (I: 539)
- jump out of the tree, and into the bear pit (out of the frying pan,
into the fire) (VI: 507)
- When you have a wolf by the ears, it's as hard to let go as it is to
hang on. (I: 232)
- If wishes were wings, sheep would fly. (I: 328)
- If wishes were wings, pigs would fly. (VI: 233)
- Teach him how you will, a pig will never play the flute. (I: 378)
- A bird cannot teach a fish to fly, nor a fish teach a bird to swim.
(II: 126) |
Drunk
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| - juicier than a fiddler's whelp (drunk) (V: 81) |
Nervous/Scared
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- jumpy as a cat in a dogyard (VI: 249)
- A goose walked over my grave. (shivers) (VI: 550) |
Arrogant/Big Ego
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| - head too big for his cap (too big for his britches) (VI: 215) |
Men
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- men referred to as goodman or Master. (I: 99)
- Men think with the hair on their chests. (I: 239)
- The best of men are not much better than housebroken. But then, the
best of them are worth the trouble of house-breaking. (II: 139)
- Men are only good for three things, though very good for those. (one
of those things is dancing.) (V: 253)
- A man is the easiest animal to put on a leash, and the hardest to keep
leashed. (III: 214)
- Men are too blind to see what a stone could see, and too stubborn to
be trusted to think for themselves. (III: 98)
- A man is an oak, a woman a willow. (V: 437) |
Women
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- women referred to as goodwife or Mistress. (I: 7)
- lightskirt (a kept woman/mistress/slut?) (VI: 626)
- A man is an oak, a woman a willow. (V: 437)
- The Creator made women to please the eye and trouble the mind. (V:
625)
- Dance with her, and she will forgive much; dance well, and she will
forgive anything. (VI: 111) |
Gossip/Speech
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- Talk shears no sheep. (II: 34, VI: 941)
- A fool's words are dust. (II: 34) |
Ogier
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| - To anger the Ogier and pull the mountains down on your head. (IV:
303) |
Aiel
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Whitecloaks
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| - When Whitecloaks give a gift, search for the poisoned needle in
it. (III: 61) |
Cheap
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| - As tight as the skin on an apple. (cheap) (V: 423) |
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Fooling yourself
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- A pig painted gold is still a pig. (II: 34)
- Do not cut off your ears because you do not like your earrings.
(III: 557)
- Wanting won't make a stone cheese. (IV: 702)
- Not thinking about a thorn doesn't make it hurt your feet less. (V:
163)
- He who strains to hear a whisper who refuses to hear a shout. (V: 211) |
Getting what you want
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- turn and turn about (turn about's fair play) (VI: 204)
- have a bee in [one's] ear (have a bee in [one's] bonnet) (VI: 560)
- have a bee up [one's] nose (have a bee in [one's] bonnet) (VI: 633)
- Sometimes you have to grab the wolf by the ears. (I: 232)
- Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit
always loses. (I: 236)
- If you watch the wolf too hard, a mouse will bite you on the ankle.
(I: 318)
- A stick and honey always work better than a stick alone. (II: 553)
- Always plan for the worst and all your surprises will be pleasant
ones. (III: 143)
- If you want the fun of the jig, you have to pay the harper sooner or
later. (III: 326)
- Borrow trouble, and you repay tenfold. (IV: 325)
- Believe nothing you hear, and only half of what you see. (IV: 601)
- Swing a hammer in haste, and you usually hit your own thumb. (IV: 680)
- Promises buy small cups of wine. (V: 231)
- Who reaches for the sun will be burned. (V: 396)
- A slow horse does not always reach the end of the journey. (VI: 48)
- A lion survives by being a lion, and a mouse by being a mouse. (VI:
155)
- The pig does not ask the frog's permission before dining. (VI: 157)
- What you need isn't always what you want. (VI: 243)
- What cannot be changed must be endured. (VI: 145)
- If you pursue two hares, both will escape you. (VI: 550)
- Cheer the bull, or cheer the bear; cheer both, and you will be
trampled and eaten. (VI: 570) |