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If you don't know everything, you must go on with what you do know.

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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.
Everything
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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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Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. -- Mat Cauthon
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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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Trust is as slippery as a basket of eels sometimes.
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Caution once forgotten could be forgotten once too often.
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If any of these women had been here instead of Nynaeve, the world would have ended.
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Love is an odd thing. As odd a thing as there is.
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The best way to avoid trouble is to make sure no one wants to trouble you.
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I had long wondered, Lan said to Tam. About the man who had given Rand that heron-marked blade. I wondered if he had truly earned it. Now I know. Lan raised his own sword in salute.
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Sleep well and wake, Rand al'Thor.
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Yes, I'm alive, Mat said. I'm usually pretty good at staying alive. I've only failed one time that I can remember, and it hardly counts.
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Jump in a hole without looking, and there'll be a snake in it every time.
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He is born again! I feel him! The Dragon takes his first breath on the slope of Dragonmount! He is coming! He is coming! Light help us! Light help the world! He lies in the snow and cries like the thunder! He burns like the sun!
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Time to toss the dice
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The Light willing, we will see one another again, Rand said. He held out his hand to Perrin. Watch out for Mat. I'm honestly not sure what he's going to do, but I have a feeling it will be highly dangerous for all involved. Not like us, Perrin said, clasping Rand's forearm. You and I, we're much better at keeping to the safe paths.
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Stopping a man from what he wants to do is like taking a sweet from a child. Sometimes you have to do it, but sometimes it just isn't worth the trouble.
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A woman's eyes cut deeper than a knife.
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The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills, Perrin. We've become what we needed to become.- Rand Al'Thor
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The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.
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The best lie is often one too ridiculous to be taken for a lie.
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