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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.
Killed
Men

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Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile.
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As the Wheel of Time turns, places wear many names. Men wear many names, many faces. Different faces, but always the same man. Yet no one knows the Great Pattern the Wheel weaves, or even the Pattern of an Age. We can only watch, and study, and hope.
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Demandred blocked Lan's attack but he breathed hoarsely. Who are you? Demandred whispered again. No one of this Age has such skill. Asmodean? No, no. He couldn't have fought me like this. Lews Therin? It is you behind that face, isn't it? I am just a man, Lan whispered. That is all I have ever been.
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There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.
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Wounds to the pride are remembered long after wounds to the flesh.
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You must surrender before you can guide.
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Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.
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On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers. -Old Seanchan saying
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Belief and order give strength. Have to clear rubble before you can build.
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He is born again! I feel him! The Dragon takes his first breath on the slope of Dragonmount! He is coming! He is coming! Light help us! Light help the world! He lies in the snow and cries like the thunder! He burns like the sun!
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If it hurts too much, make it hurt someone else instead.
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Stopping a man from what he wants to do is like taking a sweet from a child. Sometimes you have to do it, but sometimes it just isn't worth the trouble.
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In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes
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You cannot please everyone. You cannot soothe everyone.
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If wishes were wings, pigs would fly.
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The nobles and the noble Houses maneuver for advantage. They do things they think will help them, or hurt and enemy, or both. Usually, it's all done in secrecy, or if not, they try to make it seem as if they're doing something other than what they are.
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It's too late to change your mind after you've jumped off the cliff.
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It's not evil, Rand. I know something evil when I smell it. This isn't evil, it's just incredibly stupid.
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When the honey's out of the comb, there's no putting it back.
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Young men and fools sometimes bear pain they do not have to as a badge of their pride. Or their foolishness.
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