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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
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Men forget, but never forgive women forgive, but never forget.
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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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Should and would build no bridges.
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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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The end is near, Moridin said. The Wheel has groaned its final rotation, the clock has lost its spring, the serpent heaves its final gasps.
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Men always seem to refuse to admit they are sick until they're sick enough to make twice as much work for women. Then they claim they're well too soon, with the same result.
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No man should have another man's voice in his head.
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Sandar came to stand beside him, frowning down at the crumpled High Lord. He does not look so mighty lying there, he said wonderingly. He does not look so much greater than me.
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Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.
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A wise ruler takes advice, but should never be seen to take it. Let them think you know more than you do. It will not harm them, and it will help you.
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Even a queen stubs her toe, but a wise woman watches the path.
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Dance well with a woman, and she's halfway yours.
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If a woman does need a hero, she needs him today, not tomorrow.
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The only man completely at peace is a man without a navel.
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When the honey's out of the comb, there's no putting it back.
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In the Borderlands, sheepherder, if a man has the raising of a child, that child is his, and none can say different.
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To anger an Aes Sedai is to put your head in a hornets' nest.
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I had long wondered, Lan said to Tam. About the man who had given Rand that heron-marked blade. I wondered if he had truly earned it. Now I know. Lan raised his own sword in salute.
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Facing them (men) with knives and spears was much easier than loving them, much easier.
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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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