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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.
Absurd
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Lying

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Pessimism, she is a fond friend of yours, yes? - That's uncalled for. I barely know her. Mere acquaintances, at best.
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In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes
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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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You have made a place in my heart where I thought there was no room for anything else. You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones. Remember this, on this journey you insist on making. If you die, I will not survive you long.
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Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes.
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If you can't hide what you are going to do, do it so everybody thinks you are a fool.
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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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Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. -- Mat Cauthon
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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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My mother always told me the best way to learn to deal with a man was to learn to ride a mule. She said they have about equal brains most of the time. Sometimes the mule is smarter.
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It's too late to change your mind after you've jumped off the cliff.
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Even a queen stubs her toe, but a wise woman watches the path.
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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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One pretty woman means fun at the dance. Two pretty women means trouble in the house. Three pretty women means run at the hills.
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