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I do not like odd things until I can understand them.

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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
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Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
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If it hurts too much, make it hurt someone else instead.
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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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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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I've seen men die because they were sure that what should not happen,would not. -Robert Jordan(The eye of the world,Wheel of time)
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Care for the living. I'll weep for the dead later. - Perrin Aybara
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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 only way was forward, whatever lay at the end.
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You have to understand, child. Everyone wants someone in their life, someone who cares for them, someone they can care for. Even a queen.
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Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again.
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When a woman says she will obey you, of her own will, it is time to sleep lightly and watch your back.
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She’s not for you, nor you for her at least, not in the way you both want.
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You read too much and understand too little.
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Strange clothes you wear, Child of the Dragon. Has the Wheel turned so far? Do the People of the Dragon return to the first Covenant? But you wear a sword. That is neither now nor then.
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Has anyone ever told you that you should wear a hat? It would fit the missing eye quite well.' -Kathana to Mat
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Men! Too blind to see what a stone could see, and too stubborn to be trusted to think for themselves.
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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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Beauty holds more worth than gold.
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Always plan for the worst, child that way, all your surprises will be pleasant ones.
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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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