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Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.

Robert Jordan

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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.
Iron
Lies
Instead
Anvil
Working
Anvils
Lying
Daydreaming
Hammer
Hammers
Silver

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The leaf lives its appointed time, and does not struggle against the wind that carries it away. The leaf does no harm, and finally falls to nourish new leaves. So it should be with all men and women.
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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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The more bosom a woman displayed, the less she wanted you to look. Openly, at least.
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She’s not for you, nor you for her at least, not in the way you both want.
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These? Mat said, gesturing to his coat and shirt. I really have no idea. They were just down there. I'm completely baffled. He had been very pleased to learn that Seanchan guards-for all their stoic expressions and too-straight backs-responded to bribes like other people.
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Yes, I'm alive, Mat said. I'm usually pretty good at staying alive. I've only failed one time that I can remember, and it hardly counts.
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