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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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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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Never gamble without knowing a back way out.
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You're not asking me to guess the mind of Matrim Cauthon, are you? Elayne asked. I'm convinced that Mat only acts simple so that people will let him get away with more.
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If it's not forbidden, then it's allowed
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Better to face the bear than run from it.
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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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A man who trusts everyone is a fool and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools if we live long enough.
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The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
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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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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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The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills, Perrin. We've become what we needed to become.- Rand Al'Thor
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Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won.
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Loial, son of Arent, son of Halen, had secretly always wanted to be hasty.
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Jump in a hole without looking, and there'll be a snake in it every time.
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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 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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You read too much and understand too little.
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As the Wheel of Time turns, places wear many names. Men wear many names, many faces. Different faces, but always the same man. Yet no one knows the Great Pattern the Wheel weaves, or even the Pattern of an Age. We can only watch, and study, and hope.
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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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