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My mother says men are different from us. She says we want to be in love, but only with the one we want a man needs to be in love, but he will love the first woman to tie a string to his heart. - Egwene, speaking to Elayne

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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
Writer
Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
Jr.
Love
Woman
Mother
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Different
Strings
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Ties
Heart
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You break your neck, and I’ll see it mended just so I can break it again.
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The best lie is often one too ridiculous to be taken for a lie.
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Caution once forgotten could be forgotten once too often.
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Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again.
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Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.
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If it hurts too much, make it hurt someone else instead.
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hope is like a piece of string when you’re drowning it just isn’t enough to get you out by itself.
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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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You have made a place in my heart where I thought there was no room for anything else. You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones. Remember this, on this journey you insist on making. If you die, I will not survive you long.
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The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
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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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Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.
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Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind.
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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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We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.
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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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A woman's eyes cut deeper than a knife.
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The lions sing and the hills take flight. The moon by day, and the sun by night. Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool. Let the Lord of Chaos rule.
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There was a wild light in his eyes. Bring your lightnings, Aes Sedai. I will dance with them.
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The leaf lives its appointed time, and does not struggle against the wind that carries it away. The leaf does no harm, and finally falls to nourish new leaves. So it should be with all men and women.
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