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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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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.
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You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.
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There are no clear paths. Only pitfalls and tripwires and darkness.
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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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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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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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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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But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.
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If it's not forbidden, then it's allowed
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The only way to live is to die. I must die. I deserve only death.
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Care for the living. I'll weep for the dead later. - Perrin Aybara
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I can rest when I'm dead.
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Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.
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Reading is like breathing. If you take it away, first I become antsy, then violent.
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Better to face the bear than run from it.
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A man can get killed in there.
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It's too late to change your mind after you've jumped off the cliff.
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In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes
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