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Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won.

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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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Care for the living. I'll weep for the dead later. - Perrin Aybara
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The Black Tower stands with the Lion of Andor. -Logain
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Jump in a hole without looking, and there'll be a snake in it every time.
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I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.
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If a woman does need a hero, she needs him today, not tomorrow.
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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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Before I knew what was happening, I had a fistful of spears around my neck like a collar. I could have shaved myself with one sneeze.
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