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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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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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Men
Time
Anywhere
Except
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The Black Tower stands with the Lion of Andor. -Logain
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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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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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The wheel of a man's life. No mercy. No pity.
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A man's dreams are a maze even he cannot know.
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Fantasy is an area where it is possible to talk about right and wrong, good and evil, with a straight face. In mainstream fiction and even in a good deal of mystery, these things are presented as simply two sides of the same coin. Never really more than a matter of where you happen to be standing.
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What you want is what you cannot have. What you cannot have is what you want.
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It's never over, al'Thor. The battle's never done.
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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 you wish, you may call me Rand Sedai.
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Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes.
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To anger an Aes Sedai is to put your head in a hornets' nest.
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Jump in a hole without looking, and there'll be a snake in it every time.
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If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third.
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When there are fish heads and blood in the water, you don't need to see the silverpike to know they are there.
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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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Even a queen stubs her toe, but a wise woman watches the path.
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The only way was forward, whatever lay at the end.
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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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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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