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Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. -- Mat Cauthon

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Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
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Military Officer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
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He came like the wind, like the wind touched everything, and like the wind was gone. -from The Dragon Reborn. By Loial, son of Arent son of Halan, the Fourth Age.
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These? Mat said, gesturing to his coat and shirt. I really have no idea. They were just down there. I'm completely baffled. He had been very pleased to learn that Seanchan guards-for all their stoic expressions and too-straight backs-responded to bribes like other people.
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The best way to avoid trouble is to make sure no one wants to trouble you.
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Come to think of it, an Aes Sedai would probably follow a man off a cliff, too, if only to explain to him - in detail - all the things he was doing incorrectly in the way he went about killing himself.
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Jump in a hole without looking, and there'll be a snake in it every time.
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A flapping tongue has killed more men than sudden storms ever did.
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Dovie'andi se tovya sagain!
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A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy.
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It is every man's right to choose when to Sheathe the Sword. --- Ingtar Shinowa ---
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The pike does not ask the frog's permission before dining.
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It's too late to change your mind after you've jumped off the cliff.
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A man can get killed in there.
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Always plan for the worst, child that way, all your surprises will be pleasant ones.
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Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind.
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For the young, death is an enemy they wish to try their strength against. For those of us a little older, she is an old friend, an old lover, but one we are not eager to meet again soon.
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The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.
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You will serve the Cyrstal Throne well. It would be a shame to see you assassinated too early. I will make certain that the first I send after you are newly trained, so that you may stop them with ease. -General Galgan to Mat
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Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile.
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You're welcome in my house when this is over. We'll open a cask of Master al'Vere's best brandy. We'll remember those who fell, and we'll tell our children how we stood when the clouds turned black and the world started to die. We'll tell them we stood shoulder to shoulder, and there was just no space for the Shadow to squeeze through.
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I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.
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