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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
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Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
Jr.
Everything
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He came like the wind, like the wind touched everything, and like the wind was gone. -from The Dragon Reborn. By Loial, son of Arent son of Halan, the Fourth Age.
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If wishes had wings, sheep would fly.
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My mother says men are different from us. She says we want to be in love, but only with the one we want a man needs to be in love, but he will love the first woman to tie a string to his heart. - Egwene, speaking to Elayne
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A man must know when to retreat from a woman, but a wise man knows that sometimes he must stand and face her.
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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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Think if you want to stay alive. Fear will kill you if you don't control it.
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Jump in a hole without looking, and there'll be a snake in it every time.
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Rand, maybe that's the answer they give to everybody. Those snake people, I mean. Got to Rhuidean. Maybe we don't have to be here at all.' He did not believe it, but with that fog staring him in the face. ... Rand turned his head to look at him, not speaking. Finally he said, 'They never mentioned Rhuidean to me, Mat.' 'Oh, burn me,' he muttered.
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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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Let most men have a finger and they will have the whole hand before you know. Let a clan cheif have a finger and he will have the entire arm.
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The best lie is often one too ridiculous to be taken for a lie.
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When you saw me with a dagger in hand - as if to throw at you - you didn't call for your guards. You didn't fear I was here to kill you. You looked over your shoulder to see what I was aiming at. That's the most loving gesture I think a man could receive from a woman. Unless you'd like to sit on my knee for a while.
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Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses.
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Wounds to the pride are remembered long after wounds to the flesh.
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Even a queen stubs her toe, but a wise woman watches the path.
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If you have a sword, and the Aielman has his bare hands, it is an even fight. If you're good.
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Men always seem to refuse to admit they are sick until they're sick enough to make twice as much work for women. Then they claim they're well too soon, with the same result.
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Remember that any meal can be your last. You chose to travel with us, so tonight you will eat fish. Tomorrow, you may die.
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I do not like odd things until I can understand them.
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The wheel of a man's life. No mercy. No pity.
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