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You break your neck, and I’ll see it mended just so I can break it again.

Robert Jordan

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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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Necks
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Mended

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If it hurts too much, make it hurt someone else instead.
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Belief and order give strength. Have to clear rubble before you can build.
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Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes.
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A flapping tongue has killed more men than sudden storms ever did.
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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 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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Dovie'andi se tovya sagain!
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You read too much and understand too little.
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You could weave silk from pig bristles before you could make a man anything but a man.
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To anger an Aes Sedai is to put your head in a hornets' nest.
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Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.
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Only a fool thinks his enemies stand still when he isn't looking, my Lord Dragon.
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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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A woman's eyes cut deeper than a knife.
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The corpse's hand reached up and grabbed Shaisam by the throat. He gasped, thrashing, as the corpse opened its eye. There's an odd thing about disease I once heard, Fain, Matrim Cauthon whispered. Once you catch a disease and survive, you can't get it again.
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