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Take what you want, and pay for it.

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Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
Author
Military Officer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
Jr.
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You have to understand, child. Everyone wants someone in their life, someone who cares for them, someone they can care for. Even a queen.
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Thank you, the young mother said again. Thank you. The Black Tower protects, Logain heard himself say. Always. I will send him to you to be tested when he is of age, the woman promised, holding her son. I would have him join you, if he has the talent. The talent. Not the curse. The talent.
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Trust is as slippery as a basket of eels sometimes.
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Nobody tells us how to be men. We just are.
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Tuon's eyes snapped open, and despite the dim light, she focused directly on Mat. She saw the knife in his hand, ready to throw. Then she looked over her shoulder.
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If a woman does need a hero, she needs him today, not tomorrow.
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I grew up around strong women weak men were pickled and salted. The women wouldn't waste time raising a weak boy.
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If you have a sword, and the Aielman has his bare hands, it is an even fight. If you're good.
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Kill a man who needs killing, and sometimes others pay for it. The question is, was it worth doing it anyway? There's always a balance, you know. Good and evil. Light and Shadow. We would not be human if there wasn't a balance.
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My mother always told me the best way to learn to deal with a man was to learn to ride a mule. She said they have about equal brains most of the time. Sometimes the mule is smarter.
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The Black Tower stands with the Lion of Andor. -Logain
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The only way was forward, whatever lay at the end.
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Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses.
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Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.
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If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third.
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Always plan for the worst, child that way, all your surprises will be pleasant ones.
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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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On a day of fire and blood, a tattered banner waved above Dumai's wells, bearing the ancient symbol of Aes Sedai. On a day of fire and blood and the one power, as prophecy had suggested, the unstained tower, broken, bent knee to the forgotten sign. The first nine Aes Sedai swore fealty to the Dragon Reborn, and the world was changed forever.
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Pride fills me. I am sick with the pride that destroyed me.
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A spoonful of hope and a cup of despair
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