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What is too absurd to be believed is believed because it is too absurd to be a lie.

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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.
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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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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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The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.
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Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses.
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A fool puts her hand into a hollow tree without finding out what's inside first.
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The corpse's hand reached up and grabbed Shaisam by the throat. He gasped, thrashing, as the corpse opened its eye. There's an odd thing about disease I once heard, Fain, Matrim Cauthon whispered. Once you catch a disease and survive, you can't get it again.
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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've come to give you your gift back, Mordeth, Cauthon whispered. I consider our debt paid in full.
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For the young, death is an enemy they wish to try their strength against. For those of us a little older, she is an old friend, an old lover, but one we are not eager to meet again soon.
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A flapping tongue has killed more men than sudden storms ever did.
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Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again.
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Tuon's eyes snapped open, and despite the dim light, she focused directly on Mat. She saw the knife in his hand, ready to throw. Then she looked over her shoulder.
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You must surrender before you can guide.
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Men forget, but never forgive women forgive, but never forget.
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The only way was forward, whatever lay at the end.
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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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If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.
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It is every man's right to choose when to Sheathe the Sword. --- Ingtar Shinowa ---
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