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Better to have one woman on your side than ten men.

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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.
Men
Loyalty
Ten
Side
Sides
Woman
Better

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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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If a woman does need a hero, she needs him today, not tomorrow.
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Better to try understanding the sun than a woman.
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The more bosom a woman displayed, the less she wanted you to look. Openly, at least.
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The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death.
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Facing them (men) with knives and spears was much easier than loving them, much easier.
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The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.
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You trouble me so, Rand al'Thor. Light, sometimes I think the Creator made you just to trouble me.
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It was easier to be brave when someone needed your protection.
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I always get what I want in the end. And I think I want...ornamental ironwork. For the windows of my bedchamber.
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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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No man should have another man's voice in his head.
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For the young, death is an enemy they wish to try their strength against. For those of us a little older, she is an old friend, an old lover, but one we are not eager to meet again soon.
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The best way to avoid trouble is to make sure no one wants to trouble you.
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If you pursue two hares, both will escape you.
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In Shinear, a woman [is] safe anywhere, any time-except from Trollocs and Myrddraal, of course-and any man [will] die to see it so.
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