{"id":8762,"date":"2012-04-25T13:57:42","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T21:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=8762"},"modified":"2012-04-25T13:57:42","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T21:57:42","slug":"quote-of-the-day-robert-jordan-on-the-wheel-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/news\/quote-of-the-day-robert-jordan-on-the-wheel-of-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the Day: Robert Jordan on <em>The Wheel of Time<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought this was a pretty cool quote from Robert Jordan, describing the <em>Wheel of Time<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nI&#8217;ve written a few million words so far, and you want me to summarize in six? Well, here goes. Cultures clash, worlds change; cope. I know; only five. But I hate to be wordy.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Robert Jordan, Dec, 2000<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Succinct, yet grand and appropriate for the series. I wonder if the importance given to the clash of culture was something that existed when the early outlines were made (I&#8217;m talking pre-<em>Eye of the World<\/em>-trilogy-time), or if that was something that grew in the telling of the story. Also, love the small bit of humour at the end.<\/p>\n<p>If you had to describe the <em>Wheel of Time<\/em> series in six-or-less words, what would you say?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought this was a pretty cool quote from Robert Jordan, describing the Wheel of Time: I&#8217;ve written a few million words so far, and you want me to summarize in six? Well, here goes. Cultures clash, worlds change; cope. I know; only five. 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